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Online Message-Based Visit With Your Doctor, Longer Exchange

Louisiana 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 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 $24.55 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$26.92$24.55 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$0.02 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $0 to $25Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $22 to $36
$0.1$1$10facility $25professional $27

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
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$31.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$44.67

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 40th of 51

$26.92

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.