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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 July 2026.

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

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$26.92$16.22 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$13.80 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $12 to $60Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $12 to $44
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $21professional $27

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
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$54.95
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$117.49
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$42.66

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Minnesota $26.92 · 1st of 51
MN $26.92DE $12.02

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.