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Communication Technology-Based Service, RHC or FQHC

Minnesota 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 October 2026.

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

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.22$16.22 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$26.92 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $26 to $115Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $16 to $20
$20$50$100facility $41professional $16

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.42
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$114.82
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$39.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in Missouri 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.

Minnesota· 29th of 41

$16.22

MO $148NY $11.48

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.