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Procedure price report · Consultation, evaluation, and preventative care

Doctor on standby, each 30 minutes

CPT 99360the billing code this page is about

Charge for a physician remaining available for a possible procedure or delivery without providing other care during that time; one unit is each 30 minutes of standby.

Hospitals typically charge $130 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 362 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $135. Most fall between $66 and $249 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
362
States
45
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – 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 362 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
$51$74$130$228$325

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($51 vs $325).

How the prices are spread

$41 – $51: 19 hospitals$41$51 – $65: 25 hospitals$65 – $82: 54 hospitals$65$82 – $103: 21 hospitals$103 – $131: 48 hospitals$103$131 – $165: 39 hospitals$165 – $209: 35 hospitals$165$209 – $264: 42 hospitals$264 – $333: 25 hospitals$264$333 – $421: 18 hospitals$333median $130price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (326 of 362 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$41$5119
$51$6525
$65$8254
$82$10321
$103$13148
$131$16539
$165$20935
$209$26442
$264$33325
$333$42118

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $130.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $118 across 12 hospitalsWA$118Idaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $206 across 24 hospitalsMN$206Illinois: median $138 across 17 hospitalsIL$138Wisconsin: median $228 across 29 hospitalsWI$228Michigan: median $80 across 28 hospitalsMI$80New York: median $149 across 19 hospitalsNY$149Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $130 across 14 hospitalsOR$130Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $146 across 22 hospitalsIA$146Indiana: median $201 across 24 hospitalsIN$201Ohio: median $176 across 12 hospitalsOH$176Pennsylvania: median $40 across 11 hospitalsPA$40New Jersey: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $67 across 10 hospitalsCA$67Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $73 across 11 hospitalsOK$73Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $130. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI29$228+76%$129 – $419
Minnesota MN24$206+59%$119 – $474
Indiana IN24$201+55%$63 – $296
Ohio OH12$176+36%$106 – $312
New York NY19$149+15%$23 – $199
Iowa IA22$146+12%$146 – $171
Illinois IL17$138+7%$66 – $347
Oregon OR14$1300%$105 – $141
Washington WA12$118−9%$113 – $220
Michigan MI28$80−39%$80 – $215
Oklahoma OK11$73−44%$73 – $73
California CA10$67−49%$42 – $147
Pennsylvania PA11$40−69%$38 – $46
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $130.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care213$123$66 – $228
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access138$141$67 – $311
Ownership
For-profit24$66$42 – $176
Government63$143$77 – $252
Non-profit274$130$66 – $250
System affiliation
Part of a system287$129$66 – $250
Independent75$152$90 – $248

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$189
Median cash price$130
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

213 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $143 and the average of the middle 60% is $144; most fall between $67 and $228.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 213 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
$58$73$143$215$252

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($58 vs $252).

Of the 228 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 213 gave a usable cash price; 1 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

362 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 379 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted362
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here5
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 — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code379

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 Phys Standby Svc Prolng Phys Attn Ea 30 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, “Doctor on standby, each 30 minutes (CPT 99360) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-99360-doctor-on-standby-each-30-minutes