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Communication Technology-Based Service, RHC or FQHC

Arizona rates for HCPCS G0071

Payment for communication technology-based services for 5 minutes or more of a virtual (nonface-to-face) communication between a Rural Health Clinic (RHC) or Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) practitioner and RHC or FQHC patient, or 5 minutes or more of remote evaluation of recorded video and/or images by an RHC or FQHC practitioner, occurring in lieu of an office visit; RHC or FQHC only

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Communication Technology-Based Service, RHC or FQHC cost?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 5 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$16.98$12.02 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$13.80 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $62Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $148
$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $17

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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.18

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Texas than in Alabama. 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.

Arizona· 34th of 45

$19.50

TX $148AL $10.96

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.