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Extended Clinical Staff Time During an Office Visit

Rhode Island 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?

$9.55

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $9.33 to $15.14.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $20 to $50Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $20
$10$20$50facility $46professional $10

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$28.18

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 41st of 51

$9.55

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.