HRHospitalRates.comCompare prices

Procedure price report

Phone visit with a provider, 21 to 30 minutes

CPT 99443the billing code this page is about

A telephone consultation with a physician or other qualified provider for a patient not seen in person for the same problem recently; covers 21 to 30 minutes of discussion.

Hospitals typically charge $115 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 413 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $118. Most fall between $59 and $190 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
413
States
47
Filings dated
Dec 2022 – 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 413 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
$42$67$115$174$276

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($42 vs $276).

How the prices are spread

$34 – $43: 25 hospitals$34$43 – $54: 24 hospitals$54 – $68: 37 hospitals$54$68 – $86: 40 hospitals$86 – $109: 53 hospitals$86$109 – $138: 69 hospitals$138 – $175: 43 hospitals$138$175 – $221: 37 hospitals$221 – $280: 30 hospitals$221$280 – $354: 15 hospitals$280median $115price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (373 of 413 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$34$4325
$43$5424
$54$6837
$68$8640
$86$10953
$109$13869
$138$17543
$175$22137
$221$28030
$280$35415

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $115.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $140 across 10 hospitalsWA$140Idaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $158 across 17 hospitalsMN$158Illinois: median $164 across 26 hospitalsIL$164Wisconsin: median $131 across 18 hospitalsWI$131Michigan: median $70 across 22 hospitalsMI$70New York: median $135 across 43 hospitalsNY$135Massachusetts: median $174 across 10 hospitalsMA$174Oregon: median $189 across 20 hospitalsOR$189Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $60 across 12 hospitalsIA$60Indiana: median $79 across 16 hospitalsIN$79Ohio: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $37 across 13 hospitalsPA$37New Jersey: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: median $240 across 11 hospitalsCT$240Rhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $94 across 11 hospitalsCA$94Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $132 across 10 hospitalsNE$132Missouri: median $98 across 11 hospitalsMO$98Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $92 across 10 hospitalsKS$92Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $132 across 12 hospitalsOK$132Louisiana: median $28 across 10 hospitalsLA$28Mississippi: median $81 across 10 hospitalsMS$81Alabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $223 across 14 hospitalsGA$223Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $115. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Connecticut CT11$240+109%$50 – $240
Georgia GA14$223+94%$86 – $505
Oregon OR20$189+64%$170 – $279
Massachusetts MA10$174+51%$122 – $383
Illinois IL26$164+42%$98 – $261
Minnesota MN17$158+37%$80 – $308
Washington WA10$140+22%$72 – $189
New York NY43$135+18%$66 – $230
Nebraska NE10$132+15%$61 – $205
Oklahoma OK12$132+14%$132 – $132
Wisconsin WI18$131+14%$123 – $131
Missouri MO11$98−15%$59 – $190
California CA11$94−18%$62 – $168
Kansas KS10$92−20%$53 – $135
Mississippi MS10$81−30%$34 – $159
Indiana IN16$79−31%$28 – $122
Michigan MI22$70−39%$50 – $163
Iowa IA12$60−48%$40 – $120
Pennsylvania PA13$37−67%$34 – $50
Louisiana LA10$28−76%$8 – $56
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $115.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care232$125$55 – $217
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access170$105$61 – $169
Ownership
For-profit23$105$47 – $170
Government109$103$59 – $178
Non-profit280$125$59 – $190
System affiliation
Part of a system274$115$54 – $190
Independent139$114$65 – $189

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$180
Median cash price$115
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

264 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $131 and the average of the middle 60% is $131; most fall between $69 and $225.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 264 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
$50$80$131$189$281

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($50 vs $281).

Of the 281 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 264 gave a usable cash price; 2 carried a plausibility flag, 0 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

413 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 455 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted413
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here11
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 — excluded31
Hospitals that filed this code455

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 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.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as All Outpatient.

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, “Phone visit with a provider, 21 to 30 minutes (CPT 99443) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-99443-phone-visit-with-a-provider-21-to-30-minutes