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Procedure price report · Consultation, evaluation, and preventative care

Critical care, each additional 30 minutes

CPT 99292the billing code this page is about

Billed once for each extra 30 minutes of a physician's direct critical care on the same day, in addition to the first 30 to 74 minutes billed separately.

Hospitals typically charge $523 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,164 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $585. Most fall between $234 and $1,249 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,164
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 3,164 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
$158$278$523$1,042$2,021

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($158 vs $2,021).

How the prices are spread

$112 – $155: 146 hospitals$112$155 – $215: 226 hospitals$215 – $298: 348 hospitals$215$298 – $414: 403 hospitals$414 – $573: 446 hospitals$414$573 – $795: 367 hospitals$795 – $1,101: 320 hospitals$795$1,101 – $1,527: 254 hospitals$1,527 – $2,116: 200 hospitals$1,527$2,116 – $2,933: 138 hospitals$2,116median $523price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,848 of 3,164 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$112$155146
$155$215226
$215$298348
$298$414403
$414$573446
$573$795367
$795$1,101320
$1,101$1,527254
$1,527$2,116200
$2,116$2,933138

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $523.

Alaska: median $674 across 18 hospitalsAK$674Maine: median $293 across 27 hospitalsME$293Vermont: median $399 across 14 hospitalsVT$399New Hampshire: median $473 across 22 hospitalsNH$473Washington: median $777 across 68 hospitalsWA$777Idaho: median $690 across 21 hospitalsID$690Montana: median $318 across 34 hospitalsMT$318North Dakota: median $373 across 28 hospitalsND$373Minnesota: median $490 across 111 hospitalsMN$490Illinois: median $557 across 124 hospitalsIL$557Wisconsin: median $468 across 103 hospitalsWI$468Michigan: median $279 across 95 hospitalsMI$279New York: median $397 across 92 hospitalsNY$397Massachusetts: median $530 across 48 hospitalsMA$530Oregon: median $400 across 54 hospitalsOR$400Nevada: median $958 across 21 hospitalsNV$958Wyoming: median $366 across 16 hospitalsWY$366South Dakota: median $403 across 43 hospitalsSD$403Iowa: median $326 across 92 hospitalsIA$326Indiana: median $496 across 93 hospitalsIN$496Ohio: median $599 across 124 hospitalsOH$599Pennsylvania: median $479 across 108 hospitalsPA$479New Jersey: median $472 across 35 hospitalsNJ$472Connecticut: median $420 across 22 hospitalsCT$420Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,432 across 206 hospitalsCA$1,432Utah: median $2,147 across 42 hospitalsUT$2,147Colorado: median $1,413 across 66 hospitalsCO$1,413Nebraska: median $518 across 73 hospitalsNE$518Missouri: median $587 across 70 hospitalsMO$587Kentucky: median $323 across 58 hospitalsKY$323West Virginia: median $353 across 40 hospitalsWV$353Virginia: median $498 across 62 hospitalsVA$498Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,143 across 54 hospitalsAZ$1,143New Mexico: median $699 across 30 hospitalsNM$699Kansas: median $280 across 85 hospitalsKS$280Arkansas: median $323 across 37 hospitalsAR$323Tennessee: median $354 across 81 hospitalsTN$354North Carolina: median $414 across 82 hospitalsNC$414South Carolina: median $549 across 47 hospitalsSC$549Oklahoma: median $352 across 68 hospitalsOK$352Louisiana: median $326 across 41 hospitalsLA$326Mississippi: median $158 across 56 hospitalsMS$158Alabama: median $330 across 35 hospitalsAL$330Georgia: median $632 across 102 hospitalsGA$632Hawaii: median $944 across 19 hospitalsHI$944Texas: median $731 across 223 hospitalsTX$731Florida: median $1,380 across 154 hospitalsFL$1,380
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $523. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT42$2,147+311%$545 – $2,392
California CA206$1,432+174%$524 – $2,366
Colorado CO66$1,413+170%$307 – $2,541
Florida FL154$1,380+164%$662 – $3,052
Arizona AZ54$1,143+119%$636 – $2,400
Nevada NV21$958+83%$364 – $1,246
Hawaii HI19$944+81%$842 – $1,421
Washington WA68$777+49%$281 – $1,481
Texas TX223$731+40%$318 – $1,772
New Mexico NM30$699+34%$250 – $981
Idaho ID21$690+32%$276 – $1,464
Alaska AK18$674+29%$427 – $1,216
Georgia GA102$632+21%$234 – $1,214
Ohio OH124$599+15%$376 – $1,026
Missouri MO70$587+12%$284 – $1,206
Illinois IL124$557+7%$278 – $942
South Carolina SC47$549+5%$252 – $809
Massachusetts MA48$530+1%$310 – $1,414
Nebraska NE73$518−1%$229 – $1,124
Virginia VA62$498−5%$336 – $753
Indiana IN93$496−5%$219 – $808
Minnesota MN111$490−6%$233 – $756
Pennsylvania PA108$479−8%$143 – $1,152
New Hampshire NH22$473−10%$168 – $859
New Jersey NJ35$472−10%$208 – $2,045
Wisconsin WI103$468−11%$326 – $736
Connecticut CT22$420−20%$325 – $1,097
North Carolina NC82$414−21%$209 – $762
South Dakota SD43$403−23%$269 – $560
Oregon OR54$400−24%$244 – $815
Vermont VT14$399−24%$202 – $1,042
New York NY92$397−24%$137 – $952
North Dakota ND28$373−29%$267 – $647
Wyoming WY16$366−30%$293 – $945
Tennessee TN81$354−32%$179 – $718
West Virginia WV40$353−32%$169 – $498
Oklahoma OK68$352−33%$139 – $519
Alabama AL35$330−37%$149 – $763
Iowa IA92$326−38%$198 – $529
Louisiana LA41$326−38%$200 – $795
Kentucky KY58$323−38%$181 – $1,044
Arkansas AR37$323−38%$176 – $520
Montana MT34$318−39%$199 – $548
Maine ME27$293−44%$199 – $446
Kansas KS85$280−46%$187 – $466
Michigan MI95$279−47%$145 – $1,208
Mississippi MS56$158−70%$101 – $346
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not 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 $523.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,158$619$252 – $1,579
Children’s47$905$247 – $1,790
Critical access949$371$207 – $725
Ownership
For-profit426$945$328 – $2,779
Government595$374$193 – $852
Non-profit2,133$530$242 – $1,188
System affiliation
Part of a system2,565$562$253 – $1,348
Independent599$351$181 – $831

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$932
Median cash price$523
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

2,439 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $575 and the average of the middle 60% is $633; most fall between $271 and $1,227.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,439 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
$185$313$575$1,051$1,826

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($185 vs $1,826).

Of the 2,594 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,439 gave a usable cash price; 33 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 122 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,164 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (80%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,407 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,164
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here59
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 — excluded183
Hospitals that filed this code3,407

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 July 20, 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 Critical Care Ill/Injured Patient Addl 30 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, “Critical care, each additional 30 minutes (CPT 99292) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-99292-critical-care-each-additional-30-minutes