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Critical Care Telehealth Consultation, Initial

California rates for HCPCS G0508

Telehealth consultation, critical care, initial, physicians typically spend 60 minutes communicating with the patient and providers via telehealth

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Critical Care Telehealth Consultation, Initial cost?

$219

Typical physician fee. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $170 to $355.

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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,820Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417professional $219

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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
HealthNet
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72

Where California sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska 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.

California· 21st of 51

$219

AK $537NY $148

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.