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Online Message-Based Visit With Your Doctor, Longer Exchange

North Carolina 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?

$54.95

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $38.90 to $61.66.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $25 to $35Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $30 to $72
$20$50facility $29professional $55

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
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$56.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
CC · Code corrected
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SC · Medically necessary
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 2nd of 51

$54.95

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.