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Brief Online Message-Based Doctor Visit

Idaho rates for HCPCS 99421

This is a brief, message-based check-in with a doctor or other qualified provider through a secure online patient portal, for an established patient with a new concern that doesn't require an in-person visit. It covers the shorter end of the time a provider spends addressing the concern over a multi-day period. Longer or more involved online exchanges are billed as a separate, more involved service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Brief Online Message-Based Doctor Visit cost?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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$19.95$17.38 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$15.85 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $28Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $16 to $28
$20$50facility $19professional $20

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.18
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.30
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.14
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$24.55
4 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.85
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.24
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Idaho· 11th of 51

$19.95

AK $33.88KY $11.75

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.