I believe I found part of my answer:

Intuit will fill your 1099's with the IRS and deliver copies to contractors at rates listed:

1 - 3 corms $3.99; 4-20 $3.19; 21+ $1.59 by January 15th. Rates increase on January 16th.

If you have Intuit Payroll, there are no fees.

Just to confirm, I can still submit less than 10 thru Intuit but can use paper if I wish.  Otherwise 10 or more is a must.