Doctor visits and therapy CPT 99203 Outpatient

New patient office visit, about 30 minutes in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for New patient office visit, about 30 minutes: from $77.50 to $258.50, with a median of $183.75. The lowest listed price is at Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 99203, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$77.50Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
Median$183.75half pay less
Highest$258.50in this market
Difference3.3×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

median
Lowest $77.50Highest $258.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford lowest Palo Alto, CA HC Clinic Use Lvl 3 New Pt $77.50 $155.00 50% Mar 31, 2026
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El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA HC E&M, NEW PT, LOW, 30-44 MIN $109.00 $436.00 75% Apr 1, 2026
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Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA Eval/Mgmt of New Patient $258.50 $517.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA Eval/Mgmt of New Patient $258.50 $517.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $77.50, median $183.75, highest $258.50 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $258.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

This is an office or outpatient visit for a new patient with low complexity decision making, or at least 30 minutes of total time on the visit date. It is used for common problems that need a basic evaluation.

What the price covers

The price covers the clinician's visit. Lab tests, X-rays, procedures and any hospital facility fee at a hospital-owned clinic are billed separately.