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Extended Clinical Staff Time During an Office Visit

Kansas 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$7.94$0.09 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$13.18 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $0 to $19
$0.1$1$10$100facility $18professional $8

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
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.08
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$26.92
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$22.91

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 51st of 51

$8.51

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.