Doctor visits and therapy CPT 99204 Outpatient

New patient visit, 45 min cost in Oxnard, CA

In Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for new patient office visit, about 45 minutes: from $135.78 to $1,954.89, with a median of $764.85. The lowest listed price is at Dignity Health — $629.07 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $236.58 at 76 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 99204, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$135.78Dignity Health
Median$764.85half pay less
Highest$1,954.89in this market
Difference14.4×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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA.

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Lowest $135.78Highest $1,954.89

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Dignity Health lowest Oxnard, CA · (805) 988-2500 VISIT MDT 45MN NW PT $135.78 $310.00 $83.70–$310.00 56% Feb 28, 2026
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Dignity Health Camarillo, CA VISIT MDT 45MN NW PT $764.85 $1,843.00 $102.00–$1,843.00 58% Feb 28, 2026
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Dignity Health Oxnard, CA · (805) 988-2500 FETAL DEMISE <23WK NEW PT $1,166.40 $2,663.00 $102.00–$17,179.00 56% Feb 28, 2026
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Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center Thousand Oaks, CA · (805) 497-2727 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, which requires a medically appropriate history and/or examination and moderate level of medical decision making. Wh $1,954.89 $1,954.89 $108.01 — Sep 1, 2026
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Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center Thousand Oaks, CA · (805) 497-2727 OP VISIT LEVEL 4 NP $1,954.89 $1,954.89 $195.49–$1,954.89 — Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $135.78, median $764.85, highest $1,954.89 — a 14.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $450.32. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This is an office or outpatient visit for a new patient with moderate complexity decision making, or at least 45 minutes of total time on the visit date. It is often used for new problems with several possible causes or chronic conditions.

What the price covers

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