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Procedure price report · Psychological and psychiatric evaluation and therapy

Health risk questionnaire about a parent or caregiver

CPT 96161the billing code this page is about

Administration of a standardized questionnaire that screens a caregiver's health risks for the patient's benefit, including scoring and documenting the result.

Hospitals typically charge $27 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 619 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $28. Most fall between $7 and $58 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
619
States
47
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 619 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$5$10$27$50$73

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($5 vs $73).

How the prices are spread

$4 – $5: 43 hospitals$4$5 – $7: 40 hospitals$7 – $10: 52 hospitals$7$10 – $14: 54 hospitals$14 – $21: 48 hospitals$14$21 – $29: 46 hospitals$29 – $42: 94 hospitals$29$42 – $59: 96 hospitals$59 – $85: 67 hospitals$59$85 – $120: 31 hospitals$85median $27price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (571 of 619 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$4$543
$5$740
$7$1052
$10$1454
$14$2148
$21$2946
$29$4294
$42$5996
$59$8567
$85$12031

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$38
Median cash price$27
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.72×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $27.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $12 across 13 hospitalsME$12Vermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $40 across 18 hospitalsWA$40Idaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $17 across 29 hospitalsMN$17Illinois: median $13 across 21 hospitalsIL$13Wisconsin: median $20 across 23 hospitalsWI$20Michigan: median $33 across 42 hospitalsMI$33New York: median $35 across 47 hospitalsNY$35Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $9 across 15 hospitalsOR$9Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $7 across 20 hospitalsIA$7Indiana: median $6 across 16 hospitalsIN$6Ohio: median $38 across 32 hospitalsOH$38Pennsylvania: median $4 across 20 hospitalsPA$4New Jersey: median $33 across 12 hospitalsNJ$33Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $79 across 53 hospitalsCA$79Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $36 across 23 hospitalsWV$36Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $26 across 16 hospitalsKS$26Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $11 across 13 hospitalsNC$11South Carolina: median $50 across 14 hospitalsSC$50Oklahoma: median $5 across 13 hospitalsOK$5Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $64 across 43 hospitalsTX$64Florida: median $14 across 10 hospitalsFL$14
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $27. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA53$79+188%$33 – $120
Texas TX43$64+135%$16 – $70
South Carolina SC14$50+81%$10 – $54
Washington WA18$40+47%$8 – $57
Ohio OH32$38+40%$32 – $58
West Virginia WV23$36+31%$33 – $44
New York NY47$35+29%$18 – $67
Michigan MI42$33+20%$20 – $45
New Jersey NJ12$33+20%$33 – $35
Kansas KS16$26−4%$19 – $50
Wisconsin WI23$20−29%$20 – $23
Minnesota MN29$17−37%$7 – $46
Florida FL10$14−47%$14 – $58
Illinois IL21$13−53%$5 – $38
Maine ME13$12−58%$5 – $26
North Carolina NC13$11−61%$11 – $12
Oregon OR15$9−67%$5 – $12
Iowa IA20$7−74%$7 – $11
Indiana IN16$6−80%$4 – $20
Oklahoma OK13$5−82%$5 – $12
Pennsylvania PA20$4−85%$2 – $31
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $27.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care438$33$7 – $64
Children’s20$19$9 – $40
Critical access158$19$9 – $45
Ownership
For-profit35$25$4 – $64
Government112$21$10 – $44
Non-profit469$31$7 – $58
System affiliation
Part of a system501$33$7 – $64
Independent118$20$7 – $42

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$38
Median cash price$27
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

405 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $30 and the average of the middle 60% is $32; most fall between $7 and $70.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 405 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$5$9$30$64$120

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($5 vs $120).

Of the 430 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 405 gave a usable cash price; 10 carried a plausibility flag, 5 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

619 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (16%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 662 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted619
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here27
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded5
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code662

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Psychological and psychiatric evaluation and therapy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Caregiver Hlth Risk Assmt Score Doc Stnd Instrm.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Health risk questionnaire about a parent or caregiver (CPT 96161) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-96161-health-risk-questionnaire-about-a-parent-or-caregiver