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Additional Time Spent On Care Outside A Visit

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

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

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$69.18$46.77 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$31.62 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $22 to $87Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $38 to $331
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $43professional $69

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$107.15
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$123.03
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.46

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Nebraska than in Texas. 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.

Massachusetts· 10th of 51

$64.57

NE $93.33TX $36.31

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.