New patient visit, 45 min cost in Little Rock, AR
In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for new patient office visit, about 45 minutes: from $39.60 to $103.93, with a median of $72.00. The lowest listed price is at Arkansas Childrens Hospital — $32.40 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $103.93 at 23 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 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 Jul 2, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Childrens Hospital lowest Little Rock, AR · (501) 364-1100 NEW PATIENT OFFICE OR OTHER OUTPATIENT VISIT; 45-59 MINUTES | $39.60 | $44.00 | $44.00–$109.91 | 10% | — source file |
| Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, AR · (501) 329-3831 NEW PATIENT LEVEL 4 | $72.00 | $327.26 | $65.45–$327.26 | 78% | Jul 2, 2026 source file |
| Conway Regional Medical Center Conway, AR · (501) 329-3831 NEW PT OUTPT 45-59 MIN | $85.14 | $387.00 | $77.40–$387.00 | 78% | Jul 2, 2026 source file |
| St Vincent Infirmary Medical Center Little Rock, AR · (501) 552-3000 COMPREHENSIVE/MOD COMPLX NEW PT | $103.93 | $405.00 | $125.88 | 74% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $39.60, median $72.00, highest $103.93 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $87.97. 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 3 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 2 it is 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 99204 ($236.97). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AROFFICE O/P NEW MOD 45 MIN | $18.45 | file |