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Physician or Practitioner Supervision of Home Health Care

Iowa rates for HCPCS G0181

Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving Medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allowed practitioner development and/or revision of care plans

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Physician or Practitioner Supervision of Home Health Care cost?

$145

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $123 to $166.

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 $182 · 10th to 90th $107 to $537Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $98 to $209
$50$100$200$500facility $182professional $141

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$165.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
4 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.49

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$145

AK $288WV $97.72

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.