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Procedure price report · Consultation, evaluation, and preventative care

Hospital admission and discharge on the same day, high level

CPT 99236the billing code this page is about

Covers the clinician's admitting and discharging work when a patient is admitted to the hospital or observation care and released the same calendar day, at the highest level of complexity.

Hospitals typically charge $416 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,010 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $412. Most fall between $248 and $585 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,010
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 1,010 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
$179$280$416$537$718

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($179 vs $718).

How the prices are spread

$133 – $161: 27 hospitals$133$161 – $195: 40 hospitals$195 – $236: 63 hospitals$195$236 – $285: 84 hospitals$285 – $344: 91 hospitals$285$344 – $416: 149 hospitals$416 – $503: 185 hospitals$416$503 – $607: 144 hospitals$607 – $734: 77 hospitals$607$734 – $887: 50 hospitals$734median $416price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (910 of 1,010 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$133$16127
$161$19540
$195$23663
$236$28584
$285$34491
$344$416149
$416$503185
$503$607144
$607$73477
$734$88750

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $416.

Alaska: median $839 across 13 hospitalsAK$839Maine: median $447 across 22 hospitalsME$447Vermont: median $396 across 13 hospitalsVT$396New Hampshire: median $289 across 15 hospitalsNH$289Washington: median $478 across 30 hospitalsWA$478Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: median $470 across 28 hospitalsMT$470North Dakota: median $534 across 17 hospitalsND$534Minnesota: median $509 across 54 hospitalsMN$509Illinois: median $478 across 50 hospitalsIL$478Wisconsin: median $475 across 42 hospitalsWI$475Michigan: median $330 across 42 hospitalsMI$330New York: median $388 across 42 hospitalsNY$388Massachusetts: median $438 across 10 hospitalsMA$438Oregon: median $473 across 32 hospitalsOR$473Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: median $498 across 11 hospitalsWY$498South Dakota: median $527 across 19 hospitalsSD$527Iowa: median $416 across 72 hospitalsIA$416Indiana: median $194 across 34 hospitalsIN$194Ohio: median $508 across 27 hospitalsOH$508Pennsylvania: median $157 across 26 hospitalsPA$157New Jersey: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: median $510 across 10 hospitalsCT$510Rhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $447 across 34 hospitalsCA$447Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $420 across 19 hospitalsCO$420Nebraska: median $428 across 31 hospitalsNE$428Missouri: median $344 across 27 hospitalsMO$344Kentucky: median $221 across 17 hospitalsKY$221West Virginia: median $237 across 20 hospitalsWV$237Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $350 across 53 hospitalsKS$350Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $238 across 18 hospitalsTN$238North Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $389 across 33 hospitalsOK$389Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: median $280 across 11 hospitalsMS$280Alabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $332 across 13 hospitalsGA$332Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $410 across 20 hospitalsTX$410Florida: median $603 across 15 hospitalsFL$603
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $416. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Alaska AK13$839+102%$591 – $1,182
Florida FL15$603+45%$247 – $850
North Dakota ND17$534+28%$367 – $588
South Dakota SD19$527+27%$375 – $748
Connecticut CT10$510+23%$255 – $510
Minnesota MN54$509+22%$338 – $803
Ohio OH27$508+22%$308 – $1,118
Wyoming WY11$498+20%$330 – $736
Washington WA30$478+15%$396 – $738
Illinois IL50$478+15%$330 – $691
Wisconsin WI42$475+14%$447 – $776
Oregon OR32$473+14%$375 – $678
Montana MT28$470+13%$317 – $647
California CA34$447+7%$101 – $828
Maine ME22$447+7%$189 – $569
Massachusetts MA10$438+5%$317 – $661
Nebraska NE31$428+3%$283 – $506
Colorado CO19$420+1%$286 – $504
Iowa IA72$4160%$344 – $522
Texas TX20$410−1%$159 – $673
Vermont VT13$396−5%$304 – $558
Oklahoma OK33$389−6%$215 – $598
New York NY42$388−7%$197 – $540
Kansas KS53$350−16%$255 – $459
Missouri MO27$344−17%$226 – $628
Georgia GA13$332−20%$236 – $434
Michigan MI42$330−21%$206 – $420
New Hampshire NH15$289−31%$240 – $465
Mississippi MS11$280−33%$200 – $317
Tennessee TN18$238−43%$115 – $261
West Virginia WV20$237−43%$221 – $466
Kentucky KY17$221−47%$179 – $348
Indiana IN34$194−53%$161 – $410
Pennsylvania PA26$157−62%$121 – $438
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ1not 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 $416.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care459$388$208 – $545
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access536$447$285 – $602
Ownership
For-profit53$375$179 – $620
Government293$433$261 – $588
Non-profit662$418$247 – $579
System affiliation
Part of a system684$420$238 – $568
Independent326$410$263 – $629

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$556
Median cash price$416
Cash as a share of list, median hospital74%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 26%. 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

592 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $408 and the average of the middle 60% is $411; most fall between $246 and $572.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 592 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
$189$281$408$529$700

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 3.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($189 vs $700).

Of the 641 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 592 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 46 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,010 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (26%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,077 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,010
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here13
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 — excluded54
Hospitals that filed this code1,077

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 Hospital IP/Obs Care Same Date High Mdm 85 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, “Hospital admission and discharge on the same day, high level (CPT 99236) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-99236-hospital-admission-and-discharge-on-the-same-day-high-level