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Online Message-Based Visit With Your Doctor, Longer Exchange

Alaska rates for HCPCS 99422

An established patient communicates with their doctor or other qualified provider through a secure online patient portal about a new health concern, and the provider reviews the messages, may ask follow-up questions, and provides medical advice, all without an in-person or video visit. This version reflects a more involved exchange over several days than a brief message check-in.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Online Message-Based Visit With Your Doctor, Longer Exchange cost?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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$32.36$23.99 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$25.12 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $22 to $63Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $21 to $91
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $33professional $32

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$95.50
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$63.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$147.91
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$3,467.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$91.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$63.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$95.50

Where Alaska sits

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

Alaska $32.36 · 15th of 51
MN $53.70KY $23.99

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.