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Procedure price report · Anesthesia

Sedation by a second doctor, age 5 and up, first 15 min

CPT 99156the billing code this page is about

Moderate (conscious) sedation provided by a clinician other than the one performing the procedure, for a patient age 5 or older; covers the first 15 minutes of sedation time.

Hospitals typically charge $196 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,212 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $214. Most fall between $98 and $388 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,212
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 2,212 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
$66$116$196$343$553

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($66 vs $553).

How the prices are spread

$48 – $63: 91 hospitals$48$63 – $83: 142 hospitals$83 – $109: 165 hospitals$83$109 – $142: 260 hospitals$142 – $187: 294 hospitals$142$187 – $245: 262 hospitals$245 – $322: 255 hospitals$245$322 – $422: 245 hospitals$422 – $554: 173 hospitals$422$554 – $727: 109 hospitals$554median $196price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,996 of 2,212 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$48$6391
$63$83142
$83$109165
$109$142260
$142$187294
$187$245262
$245$322255
$322$422245
$422$554173
$554$727109

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $196.

Alaska: median $250 across 14 hospitalsAK$250Maine: median $121 across 21 hospitalsME$121Vermont: median $128 across 12 hospitalsVT$128New Hampshire: median $82 across 18 hospitalsNH$82Washington: median $216 across 66 hospitalsWA$216Idaho: median $226 across 17 hospitalsID$226Montana: median $150 across 20 hospitalsMT$150North Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $230 across 85 hospitalsMN$230Illinois: median $244 across 78 hospitalsIL$244Wisconsin: median $173 across 65 hospitalsWI$173Michigan: median $134 across 67 hospitalsMI$134New York: median $129 across 66 hospitalsNY$129Massachusetts: median $206 across 34 hospitalsMA$206Oregon: median $184 across 43 hospitalsOR$184Nevada: median $257 across 13 hospitalsNV$257Wyoming: median $193 across 11 hospitalsWY$193South Dakota: median $169 across 13 hospitalsSD$169Iowa: median $135 across 51 hospitalsIA$135Indiana: median $138 across 53 hospitalsIN$138Ohio: median $330 across 92 hospitalsOH$330Pennsylvania: median $119 across 72 hospitalsPA$119New Jersey: median $221 across 18 hospitalsNJ$221Connecticut: median $219 across 20 hospitalsCT$219Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $302 across 169 hospitalsCA$302Utah: median $529 across 32 hospitalsUT$529Colorado: median $178 across 59 hospitalsCO$178Nebraska: median $168 across 41 hospitalsNE$168Missouri: median $188 across 51 hospitalsMO$188Kentucky: median $152 across 47 hospitalsKY$152West Virginia: median $113 across 26 hospitalsWV$113Virginia: median $207 across 54 hospitalsVA$207Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $140 across 47 hospitalsAZ$140New Mexico: median $202 across 20 hospitalsNM$202Kansas: median $140 across 51 hospitalsKS$140Arkansas: median $119 across 16 hospitalsAR$119Tennessee: median $97 across 47 hospitalsTN$97North Carolina: median $222 across 64 hospitalsNC$222South Carolina: median $215 across 36 hospitalsSC$215Oklahoma: median $117 across 41 hospitalsOK$117Louisiana: median $71 across 29 hospitalsLA$71Mississippi: median $158 across 34 hospitalsMS$158Alabama: median $114 across 18 hospitalsAL$114Georgia: median $319 across 75 hospitalsGA$319Hawaii: median $167 across 15 hospitalsHI$167Texas: median $228 across 158 hospitalsTX$228Florida: median $384 across 107 hospitalsFL$384
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $196. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT32$529+170%$181 – $588
Florida FL107$384+96%$175 – $632
Ohio OH92$330+68%$168 – $425
Georgia GA75$319+63%$215 – $466
California CA169$302+54%$159 – $499
Nevada NV13$257+31%$185 – $353
Alaska AK14$250+27%$117 – $635
Illinois IL78$244+24%$101 – $483
Minnesota MN85$230+17%$133 – $360
Texas TX158$228+16%$127 – $326
Idaho ID17$226+15%$125 – $599
North Carolina NC64$222+13%$83 – $376
New Jersey NJ18$221+13%$49 – $358
Connecticut CT20$219+11%$192 – $685
Washington WA66$216+10%$139 – $348
South Carolina SC36$215+10%$166 – $320
Virginia VA54$207+6%$119 – $337
Massachusetts MA34$206+5%$146 – $311
New Mexico NM20$202+3%$78 – $347
Wyoming WY11$193−2%$170 – $275
Missouri MO51$188−4%$99 – $270
Oregon OR43$184−6%$140 – $337
Colorado CO59$178−10%$44 – $357
Wisconsin WI65$173−12%$107 – $340
South Dakota SD13$169−14%$122 – $243
Nebraska NE41$168−14%$130 – $310
Hawaii HI15$167−15%$128 – $538
Mississippi MS34$158−19%$82 – $224
Kentucky KY47$152−23%$61 – $553
Montana MT20$150−23%$109 – $246
Kansas KS51$140−29%$85 – $260
Arizona AZ47$140−29%$96 – $644
Indiana IN53$138−30%$65 – $271
Iowa IA51$135−31%$76 – $230
Michigan MI67$134−32%$89 – $313
New York NY66$129−34%$72 – $248
Vermont VT12$128−35%$106 – $438
Maine ME21$121−38%$46 – $273
Arkansas AR16$119−39%$78 – $250
Pennsylvania PA72$119−39%$48 – $395
Oklahoma OK41$117−41%$64 – $211
Alabama AL18$114−42%$98 – $319
West Virginia WV26$113−43%$83 – $271
Tennessee TN47$97−51%$64 – $186
New Hampshire NH18$82−58%$41 – $337
Louisiana LA29$71−64%$51 – $141
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not 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 $196.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,623$215$98 – $417
Children’s59$354$178 – $572
Critical access522$163$96 – $305
Ownership
For-profit250$250$107 – $572
Government352$186$92 – $350
Non-profit1,602$191$99 – $380
System affiliation
Part of a system1,839$204$98 – $397
Independent373$179$98 – $354

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$354
Median cash price$196
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

1,667 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $221 and the average of the middle 60% is $226; most fall between $107 and $397.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,667 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
$71$121$221$350$567

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($71 vs $567).

Of the 1,770 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,667 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 79 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,212 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (56%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,378 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,212
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here39
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded126
Hospitals that filed this code2,378

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 Other Phys/Qhp Initial 15 Mins 5/> Yrs.

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, “Sedation by a second doctor, age 5 and up, first 15 min (CPT 99156) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-99156-sedation-by-a-second-doctor-age-5-and-up-first-15-min