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Extended Clinical Staff Time During an Office Visit

Colorado 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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$12.88$8.71 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$13.18 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $9 to $35Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $25
$10$20$50facility $21professional $13

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
$7.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$33.88
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$34.67
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.12

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$13.49

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.