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Brief Online Message-Based Doctor Visit

Montana 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 Montana, 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 $20.89 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$19.95$17.78 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$19.05 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $19 to $29Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $14 to $26
$20$50facility $21professional $20

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 12th 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.