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Extended Clinical Staff Time During an Office Visit

Alaska rates for HCPCS 99415

This covers additional time that clinical staff, such as a nurse, spend directly with a patient during an office visit, beyond what a typical visit usually requires, while a physician remains available for supervision. It is billed in addition to the main visit when extra hands-on staff time is needed to complete the care being provided.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extended Clinical Staff Time During an Office Visit cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 6 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$17.38$9.33 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$11.75 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $9 to $38Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $66
$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $17

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$38.90
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$102.33
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$3,467.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$39.81

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Minnesota than in Kansas. 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.

Alaska· 10th of 51

$17.78

MN $39.81KS $8.51

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.