99214 — Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more

What the market charges

Across 21,116 negotiated rates, the middle 80% fall between $81 and $231, with a median of $128.

What Medicare pays

Medicare allowed an average of $117 for this code, across 102,377,462 services billed by 498,042 providers. At the median, the market charges about what Medicare pays for this code.

Where this is billed, and what it costs there

The states billing 99214 most, by Medicare service volume, each compared against the national average of $117. Each links to the providers Mishe lists there.

  • California — 39,626 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $130 — 11% above the national average
  • Florida — 34,286 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $121 — 3% above the national average
  • Texas — 34,204 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $117 — level with the national average
  • New York — 31,339 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $131 — 12% above the national average
  • Pennsylvania — 23,800 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $116 — 1% below the national average
  • Illinois — 19,049 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $119 — 2% above the national average
  • New Jersey — 14,279 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $131 — 12% above the national average
  • North Carolina — 18,709 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $111 — 5% below the national average

Claim-editing rules

These are National Correct Coding Initiative procedure-to-procedure edits — the rules a payer applies when deciding whether two codes billed together are both payable.

Codes this one absorbs

Billed together, 99214 is the payable code and these are not separately payable. 15 pairs in total.

  • 51721 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 93598 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 98000 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 98001 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 98002 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 98003 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 98004 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 98005 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 98006 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 98007 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 98975 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 98980 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

Codes that absorb this one

Billed alongside any of these, 99214 is not separately payable. 248 pairs in total.

  • 15011 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 15013 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 15015 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 15017 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 15778 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 22860 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 25448 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 30468 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 30469 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 32408 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 33267 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 33268 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

Care pathways that use this code

Mishe builds care pathways that route a member to the right setting before anything is billed. These include 99214.

  • Chest pain: get the right eyes on it, fast
  • Belly pain: figure out the where and the how-fast
  • Short of breath: we take this one seriously
  • Dizziness and fainting: find the pattern, skip the scan
  • Running on empty: a workup that respects your time and money
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Coronary artery disease
  • Atrial fibrillation (AFib)
  • Living better with heart failure
  • Weight management, without the sales pitch
  • Protecting your kidneys, starting now
  • Fewer headache days is a realistic goal
  • COPD
  • Asthma
  • Urinary tract infection (UTI)

Deploy this for your team

Every figure on this page came from published payer and Medicare data, assembled by Mishe. The same pricing, claim-editing and care-pathway intelligence runs underneath the plans Mishe operates.

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