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Online Message-Based Visit With Your Doctor, Longer Exchange

Ohio 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?

$28.18

Typical physician fee. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $25.12 to $33.11.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $19 to $37Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $22 to $48
$20$50$100$200facility $23professional $28

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
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$60.26
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$74.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$40.74
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SA · Nurse practitioner
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 33rd of 51

$28.18

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.