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Procedure price report · Telehealth (includes telephone calls, online communication, remote monitoring and surveillance)

Video visit, established patient, low complexity

CPT 98005the billing code this page is about

A live video-and-audio telehealth visit with a clinician for a patient already seen by that practice, involving low-complexity decision-making or about 20 minutes of total time on the day of the visit.

Hospitals typically charge $135 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 476 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $124. Most fall between $68 and $170 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
476
States
47
Filings dated
May 2025 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 476 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
$58$78$135$161$215

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 3.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($58 vs $215).

How the prices are spread

$42 – $51: 17 hospitals$42$51 – $63: 38 hospitals$63 – $77: 36 hospitals$63$77 – $94: 55 hospitals$94 – $116: 45 hospitals$94$116 – $142: 50 hospitals$142 – $174: 125 hospitals$142$174 – $214: 35 hospitals$214 – $262: 22 hospitals$214$262 – $322: 8 hospitals$262median $135price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (431 of 476 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$42$5117
$51$6338
$63$7736
$77$9455
$94$11645
$116$14250
$142$174125
$174$21435
$214$26222
$262$3228

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $135.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $94 across 10 hospitalsME$94Vermont: median $112 across 10 hospitalsVT$112New Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $140 across 12 hospitalsWA$140Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $153 across 33 hospitalsMN$153Illinois: median $83 across 20 hospitalsIL$83Wisconsin: median $153 across 36 hospitalsWI$153Michigan: median $68 across 30 hospitalsMI$68New York: median $127 across 24 hospitalsNY$127Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $135 across 14 hospitalsOR$135Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $161 across 19 hospitalsIA$161Indiana: median $135 across 12 hospitalsIN$135Ohio: median $129 across 17 hospitalsOH$129Pennsylvania: median $42 across 15 hospitalsPA$42New Jersey: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $156 across 24 hospitalsCA$156Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $86 across 10 hospitalsCO$86Nebraska: median $123 across 12 hospitalsNE$123Missouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $65 across 14 hospitalsWV$65Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $138 across 13 hospitalsSC$138Oklahoma: median $85 across 13 hospitalsOK$85Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: median $146 across 10 hospitalsFL$146
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $135. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Iowa IA19$161+19%$124 – $161
California CA24$156+15%$156 – $156
Minnesota MN33$153+13%$104 – $201
Wisconsin WI36$153+13%$112 – $202
Florida FL10$146+8%$146 – $338
Washington WA12$140+4%$130 – $206
South Carolina SC13$138+2%$138 – $138
Oregon OR14$1350%$117 – $173
Indiana IN12$1350%$60 – $182
Ohio OH17$129−5%$62 – $338
New York NY24$127−6%$90 – $203
Nebraska NE12$123−9%$81 – $163
Vermont VT10$112−17%$69 – $156
Maine ME10$94−30%$65 – $132
Colorado CO10$86−36%$54 – $154
Oklahoma OK13$85−37%$85 – $85
Illinois IL20$83−39%$60 – $130
Michigan MI30$68−50%$61 – $153
West Virginia WV14$65−52%$63 – $71
Pennsylvania PA15$42−69%$39 – $48
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not 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 $135.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care297$138$63 – $165
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access169$130$73 – $181
Ownership
For-profit21$145$60 – $184
Government95$136$77 – $176
Non-profit358$135$65 – $170
System affiliation
Part of a system364$138$65 – $171
Independent112$113$73 – $162

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$176
Median cash price$135
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. 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

306 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $141 and the average of the middle 60% is $133; most fall between $81 and $171.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 306 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
$60$86$141$161$215

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 3.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($60 vs $215).

Of the 330 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 306 gave a usable cash price; 4 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

476 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 517 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted476
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here6
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded35
Hospitals that filed this code517

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Telehealth (includes telephone calls, online communication, remote monitoring and surveillance) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Synchronous Audio-Video Visit Est Low Mdm 20 Min.

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, “Video visit, established patient, low complexity (CPT 98005) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-98005-video-visit-established-patient-low-complexity