SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

New patient office visit, about 45 minutes in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 99204, 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.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
LUCILE SALTER PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD PALO ALTO, CA
HC Clinic Use Lvl 4 New Pt
$95.00 $190.00 50% Mar 31, 2026
file
El Camino Hospital MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
HC E&M, NEW PT, MODERATE, 45-59 MIN
$170.00 $680.00 75% Apr 1, 2026
file
Stanford Health Care STANFORD, CA
Eval/Mgmt of New Patient
$370.50 $741.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
file
Stanford Health Care STANFORD, CA
Eval/Mgmt of New Patient
$467.50 $935.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $95.00, median $270.25, highest $467.50 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $467.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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