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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 July 2026.

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

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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$53.70$33.11 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$26.92 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $23 to $115Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $23 to $87
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $43professional $54

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$229.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$74.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $53.70 · 1st 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.