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Additional Time Spent On Care Outside A Visit

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 99359

This covers extra time a physician or other provider spends working on a patient's care outside of a face-to-face visit, such as reviewing extensive records, coordinating with other providers, or preparing a complex treatment plan. It's billed in additional increments beyond an initial period already accounted for. It reflects substantial time and effort that goes beyond what's typically included in a regular visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional Time Spent On Care Outside A Visit cost?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$51.29$41.69 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$0.03 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $0 to $62Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $30 to $132
$0.1$1$10$100facility $54professional $51

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$52.48

AK $93.33AL $33.11

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.