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Brief Online Message-Based Doctor Visit

Minnesota 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$25.12$16.98 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$13.80 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $65Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $13 to $45
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $25

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$117.49
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$43.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$41.69

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$25.12

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.