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Online Message-Based Visit With Your Doctor, Longer Exchange

Illinois 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 October 2026.

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

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $288 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$33.11$25.70 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$25.12 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $22 to $631Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $22 to $47
$20$50$100$200$500facility $288professional $33

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$51.29
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$81.28
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$52.48

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

Illinois· 20th of 51

$33.11

AK $66.07NJ $23.44

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.