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Unlisted special service or procedure

CPT 99199the billing code this page is about

Used for a special service, procedure or report that has no specific code of its own; a written description accompanies the charge.

Hospitals typically charge $46 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 427 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $63. Most fall between $17 and $163 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
427
States
43
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – 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 427 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
$8$20$46$117$354

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 45× what the cheapest tenth charges ($8 vs $354).

How the prices are spread

$7 – $10: 44 hospitals$7$10 – $16: 19 hospitals$16 – $24: 34 hospitals$16$24 – $37: 76 hospitals$37 – $56: 39 hospitals$37$56 – $87: 31 hospitals$87 – $133: 66 hospitals$87$133 – $204: 28 hospitals$204 – $314: 28 hospitals$204$314 – $482: 24 hospitals$314median $46price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (389 of 427 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$7$1044
$10$1619
$16$2434
$24$3776
$37$5639
$56$8731
$87$13366
$133$20428
$204$31428
$314$48224

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $46.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: median $30 across 18 hospitalsWA$30Idaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $16 across 19 hospitalsMN$16Illinois: median $25 across 19 hospitalsIL$25Wisconsin: median $20 across 30 hospitalsWI$20Michigan: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $50 across 15 hospitalsNY$50Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $26 across 24 hospitalsIA$26Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $354 across 29 hospitalsOH$354Pennsylvania: median $17 across 11 hospitalsPA$17New Jersey: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNJConnecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $40 across 49 hospitalsCA$40Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $25 across 11 hospitalsLA$25Mississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $90 across 83 hospitalsTX$90Florida: median $12 across 13 hospitalsFL$12
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $46. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH29$354+669%$163 – $455
Texas TX83$90+96%$38 – $90
New York NY15$50+9%$18 – $52
California CA49$40−13%$31 – $289
Washington WA18$30−34%$20 – $143
Iowa IA24$26−44%$25 – $74
Illinois IL19$25−46%$10 – $50
Louisiana LA11$25−46%$10 – $42
Wisconsin WI30$20−57%$8 – $40
Pennsylvania PA11$17−62%$4 – $51
Minnesota MN19$16−65%$8 – $45
Florida FL13$12−75%$9 – $65
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $46.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care308$55$18 – $165
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access104$30$15 – $95
Ownership
For-profit28$76$16 – $90
Government74$36$16 – $123
Non-profit325$40$18 – $163
System affiliation
Part of a system357$40$16 – $163
Independent70$76$24 – $158

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$82
Median cash price$46
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

345 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $55 and the average of the middle 60% is $65; most fall between $15 and $165.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 345 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
$8$20$55$129$354

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 47× what the cheapest tenth charges ($8 vs $354).

Of the 380 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 345 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

427 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 497 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted427
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded10
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded25
Hospitals that filed this code497

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 Ancillary Services family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as UNLISTED SPECIAL SVC PX/RPRT.

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, “Unlisted special service or procedure (CPT 99199) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-99199-unlisted-special-service-or-procedure