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Moderate sedation, each additional 15 minutes

CPT 99153the billing code this page is about

An add-on billed once for every extra 15 minutes of moderate sedation beyond the initial period; several units may appear for one longer procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $89 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,750 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $104. Most fall between $32 and $230 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,750
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 2,750 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
$19$38$89$191$354

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($19 vs $354).

How the prices are spread

$14 – $20: 157 hospitals$14$20 – $29: 205 hospitals$29 – $42: 234 hospitals$29$42 – $60: 261 hospitals$60 – $87: 363 hospitals$60$87 – $126: 291 hospitals$126 – $182: 372 hospitals$126$182 – $264: 266 hospitals$264 – $381: 227 hospitals$264$381 – $552: 100 hospitals$381median $89price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,476 of 2,750 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$14$20157
$20$29205
$29$42234
$42$60261
$60$87363
$87$126291
$126$182372
$182$264266
$264$381227
$381$552100

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $89.

Alaska: median $132 across 15 hospitalsAK$132Maine: median $40 across 21 hospitalsME$40Vermont: median $22 across 13 hospitalsVT$22New Hampshire: median $48 across 21 hospitalsNH$48Washington: median $131 across 68 hospitalsWA$131Idaho: median $167 across 17 hospitalsID$167Montana: median $36 across 28 hospitalsMT$36North Dakota: median $28 across 13 hospitalsND$28Minnesota: median $86 across 85 hospitalsMN$86Illinois: median $102 across 102 hospitalsIL$102Wisconsin: median $68 across 96 hospitalsWI$68Michigan: median $59 across 81 hospitalsMI$59New York: median $45 across 84 hospitalsNY$45Massachusetts: median $36 across 44 hospitalsMA$36Oregon: median $48 across 51 hospitalsOR$48Nevada: median $118 across 20 hospitalsNV$118Wyoming: median $66 across 12 hospitalsWY$66South Dakota: median $79 across 22 hospitalsSD$79Iowa: median $40 across 66 hospitalsIA$40Indiana: median $75 across 72 hospitalsIN$75Ohio: median $150 across 110 hospitalsOH$150Pennsylvania: median $77 across 109 hospitalsPA$77New Jersey: median $63 across 26 hospitalsNJ$63Connecticut: median $107 across 20 hospitalsCT$107Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $182 across 170 hospitalsCA$182Utah: median $289 across 35 hospitalsUT$289Colorado: median $55 across 69 hospitalsCO$55Nebraska: median $38 across 46 hospitalsNE$38Missouri: median $90 across 72 hospitalsMO$90Kentucky: median $148 across 60 hospitalsKY$148West Virginia: median $75 across 33 hospitalsWV$75Virginia: median $93 across 70 hospitalsVA$93Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $99 across 55 hospitalsAZ$99New Mexico: median $91 across 25 hospitalsNM$91Kansas: median $60 across 50 hospitalsKS$60Arkansas: median $74 across 27 hospitalsAR$74Tennessee: median $44 across 55 hospitalsTN$44North Carolina: median $132 across 83 hospitalsNC$132South Carolina: median $161 across 45 hospitalsSC$161Oklahoma: median $75 across 60 hospitalsOK$75Louisiana: median $36 across 42 hospitalsLA$36Mississippi: median $31 across 43 hospitalsMS$31Alabama: median $76 across 30 hospitalsAL$76Georgia: median $128 across 87 hospitalsGA$128Hawaii: median $77 across 18 hospitalsHI$77Texas: median $107 across 207 hospitalsTX$107Florida: median $224 across 153 hospitalsFL$224
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $89. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT35$289+225%$102 – $321
Florida FL153$224+152%$103 – $649
California CA170$182+105%$75 – $409
Idaho ID17$167+88%$31 – $599
South Carolina SC45$161+81%$52 – $193
Ohio OH110$150+69%$56 – $187
Kentucky KY60$148+67%$37 – $281
Alaska AK15$132+48%$50 – $223
North Carolina NC83$132+48%$67 – $273
Washington WA68$131+48%$42 – $205
Georgia GA87$128+43%$44 – $240
Nevada NV20$118+32%$42 – $301
Texas TX207$107+21%$58 – $228
Connecticut CT20$107+20%$47 – $200
Illinois IL102$102+15%$40 – $194
Arizona AZ55$99+11%$44 – $644
Virginia VA70$93+5%$39 – $149
New Mexico NM25$91+2%$38 – $163
Missouri MO72$90+2%$51 – $136
Minnesota MN85$86−3%$60 – $273
South Dakota SD22$79−11%$29 – $156
Hawaii HI18$77−13%$50 – $164
Pennsylvania PA109$77−13%$21 – $179
Alabama AL30$76−15%$26 – $552
Indiana IN72$75−16%$22 – $254
Oklahoma OK60$75−16%$24 – $205
West Virginia WV33$75−16%$21 – $150
Arkansas AR27$74−17%$16 – $118
Wisconsin WI96$68−24%$48 – $175
Wyoming WY12$66−26%$29 – $144
New Jersey NJ26$63−29%$15 – $318
Kansas KS50$60−33%$22 – $142
Michigan MI81$59−34%$17 – $102
Colorado CO69$55−39%$22 – $126
Oregon OR51$48−46%$30 – $150
New Hampshire NH21$48−46%$35 – $195
New York NY84$45−50%$19 – $167
Tennessee TN55$44−50%$31 – $229
Iowa IA66$40−55%$23 – $106
Maine ME21$40−55%$23 – $104
Nebraska NE46$38−57%$22 – $133
Louisiana LA42$36−60%$9 – $109
Massachusetts MA44$36−60%$28 – $99
Montana MT28$36−60%$16 – $97
Mississippi MS43$31−66%$15 – $80
North Dakota ND13$28−69%$21 – $166
Vermont VT13$22−76%$14 – $266
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not 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 $89.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,014$106$36 – $248
Children’s57$171$79 – $380
Critical access669$61$23 – $161
Ownership
For-profit398$151$49 – $487
Government439$73$27 – $191
Non-profit1,903$86$32 – $205
System affiliation
Part of a system2,292$99$35 – $240
Independent458$65$22 – $159

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$175
Median cash price$89
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

1,983 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $102 and the average of the middle 60% is $111; most fall between $35 and $228.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,983 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
$20$44$102$191$323

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($20 vs $323).

Of the 2,113 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,983 gave a usable cash price; 25 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 105 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,750 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (70%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,959 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,750
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here44
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded163
Hospitals that filed this code2,959

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 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 Anesthesia family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Mod Sed Same Phys/Qhp Each Addl 15 Mins.

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, “Moderate sedation, each additional 15 minutes (CPT 99153) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-99153-moderate-sedation-each-additional-15-minutes