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Online Message-Based Visit With Your Doctor, Longer Exchange

Minnesota 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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$48.98$33.88 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$26.92 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $23 to $126Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $26 to $87
$20$50$100$200facility $38professional $49

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
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$229.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$57.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$85.11

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$48.98

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.