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Longer Telephone Consultation

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 99443

An extended telephone consultation with your own clinician about a medical problem, where the problem is discussed in detail, advice is given and a plan is agreed without an in-person visit. It applies when the call is not a follow-up to a recent visit for the same problem and does not lead straight to an appointment. The length of the call determines which version applies.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Longer Telephone Consultation cost?

$219

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $89.13 to $380.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $60 to $85Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $45 to $490
$50$100$200$500facility $60professional $219

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$478.63

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Kansas than in New York. 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.

Washington, DC· 18th of 51

$219

KS $603NY $44.67

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.