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Procedure price report · Consultation, evaluation, and preventative care

Daily hospital visit, moderate complexity

CPT 99232the billing code this page is about

A clinician's follow-up visit on one day of a hospital inpatient or observation stay for a moderately complex problem, about 35 minutes of care; billed once for each day it applies.

Hospitals typically charge $132 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,241 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $133. Most fall between $80 and $193 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,241
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 1,241 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$88$132$175$242

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($60 vs $242).

How the prices are spread

$44 – $53: 34 hospitals$44$53 – $64: 49 hospitals$64 – $77: 87 hospitals$64$77 – $93: 108 hospitals$93 – $111: 129 hospitals$93$111 – $134: 170 hospitals$134 – $162: 178 hospitals$134$162 – $195: 184 hospitals$195 – $235: 99 hospitals$195$235 – $283: 80 hospitals$235median $132price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,118 of 1,241 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$44$5334
$53$6449
$64$7787
$77$93108
$93$111129
$111$134170
$134$162178
$162$195184
$195$23599
$235$28380

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $132.

Alaska: median $281 across 15 hospitalsAK$281Maine: median $122 across 23 hospitalsME$122Vermont: median $128 across 12 hospitalsVT$128New Hampshire: median $110 across 15 hospitalsNH$110Washington: median $156 across 37 hospitalsWA$156Idaho: median $157 across 13 hospitalsID$157Montana: median $157 across 28 hospitalsMT$157North Dakota: median $175 across 18 hospitalsND$175Minnesota: median $172 across 61 hospitalsMN$172Illinois: median $154 across 60 hospitalsIL$154Wisconsin: median $169 across 45 hospitalsWI$169Michigan: median $101 across 48 hospitalsMI$101New York: median $132 across 52 hospitalsNY$132Massachusetts: median $163 across 16 hospitalsMA$163Oregon: median $155 across 38 hospitalsOR$155Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: median $140 across 12 hospitalsWY$140South Dakota: median $182 across 32 hospitalsSD$182Iowa: median $146 across 81 hospitalsIA$146Indiana: median $92 across 34 hospitalsIN$92Ohio: median $134 across 30 hospitalsOH$134Pennsylvania: median $95 across 38 hospitalsPA$95New Jersey: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: median $168 across 14 hospitalsCT$168Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $149 across 41 hospitalsCA$149Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $133 across 25 hospitalsCO$133Nebraska: median $153 across 37 hospitalsNE$153Missouri: median $104 across 31 hospitalsMO$104Kentucky: median $74 across 28 hospitalsKY$74West Virginia: median $82 across 20 hospitalsWV$82Virginia: median $20 across 12 hospitalsVA$20Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $223 across 10 hospitalsAZ$223New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $109 across 57 hospitalsKS$109Arkansas: median $111 across 14 hospitalsAR$111Tennessee: median $41 across 24 hospitalsTN$41North Carolina: median $128 across 14 hospitalsNC$128South Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $108 across 31 hospitalsOK$108Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: median $68 across 19 hospitalsMS$68Alabama: median $70 across 16 hospitalsAL$70Georgia: median $92 across 31 hospitalsGA$92Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $129 across 24 hospitalsTX$129Florida: median $113 across 21 hospitalsFL$113
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $132. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Alaska AK15$281+113%$202 – $394
Arizona AZ10$223+68%$55 – $1,026
South Dakota SD32$182+37%$121 – $257
North Dakota ND18$175+32%$128 – $221
Minnesota MN61$172+30%$126 – $253
Wisconsin WI45$169+28%$160 – $244
Connecticut CT14$168+27%$95 – $195
Massachusetts MA16$163+23%$127 – $187
Idaho ID13$157+19%$127 – $168
Montana MT28$157+19%$107 – $227
Washington WA37$156+18%$124 – $213
Oregon OR38$155+17%$144 – $227
Illinois IL60$154+16%$88 – $223
Nebraska NE37$153+16%$111 – $176
California CA41$149+13%$75 – $276
Iowa IA81$146+10%$115 – $172
Wyoming WY12$140+6%$110 – $192
Ohio OH30$134+1%$83 – $293
Colorado CO25$1330%$103 – $179
New York NY52$1320%$63 – $193
Texas TX24$129−3%$78 – $216
Vermont VT12$128−3%$102 – $234
North Carolina NC14$128−4%$53 – $156
Maine ME23$122−8%$67 – $190
Florida FL21$113−14%$50 – $203
Arkansas AR14$111−16%$61 – $122
New Hampshire NH15$110−17%$88 – $134
Kansas KS57$109−18%$86 – $140
Oklahoma OK31$108−19%$72 – $116
Missouri MO31$104−22%$69 – $121
Michigan MI48$101−24%$60 – $124
Pennsylvania PA38$95−28%$53 – $181
Georgia GA31$92−30%$65 – $179
Indiana IN34$92−31%$63 – $151
West Virginia WV20$82−38%$76 – $147
Kentucky KY28$74−44%$74 – $141
Alabama AL16$70−47%$62 – $156
Mississippi MS19$68−49%$38 – $106
Tennessee TN24$41−69%$20 – $90
Virginia VA12$20−85%$20 – $67
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not 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 $132.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care595$121$69 – $177
Children’s19fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access624$141$93 – $202
Ownership
For-profit62$106$72 – $166
Government341$133$82 – $195
Non-profit835$134$80 – $192
System affiliation
Part of a system874$132$76 – $190
Independent367$132$86 – $201

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$186
Median cash price$132
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

753 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $139 and the average of the middle 60% is $139; most fall between $80 and $203.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 753 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
$63$90$139$187$248

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($63 vs $248).

Of the 810 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 753 gave a usable cash price; 3 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 54 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,241 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (31%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,328 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,241
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here16
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 — excluded71
Hospitals that filed this code1,328

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 Consultation, evaluation, and preventative care family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Sbsq Hospital IP/Obs Care Mod Mdm 35 Minutes.

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, “Daily hospital visit, moderate complexity (CPT 99232) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-99232-daily-hospital-visit-moderate-complexity