Doctor visits and therapy CPT 99205 Outpatient

New patient office visit, about 60 minutes in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

In Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for New patient office visit, about 60 minutes: from $120.64 to $4,870.38, with a median of $513.76. The lowest listed price is at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 99205, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Aug 25, 2026.

Lowest$120.64Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
Median$513.76half pay less
Highest$4,870.38in this market
Difference40.4×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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY.

median
Lowest $120.64Highest $4,870.38

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center lowest Niagara Falls, NY NEW PATIENT OFFICE OR OTHER OUTPATIENT VISIT; 60-74 MINUTES $120.64 $172.34 30%
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Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls, NY OFFICE O/P NEW HI 60 MIN $406.08 $580.11 30%
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Erie County Medical Center Corporation Buffalo, NY OUTPT VIS NEW LEVEL 5 60-74MIN $621.43 $763.00 19% Aug 25, 2026
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Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Prim/Sec. Pbsc Physical Exam $4,870.38 $4,870.38 Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $120.64, median $513.76, highest $4,870.38 — a 40.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,745.91. 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 the highest-level office or outpatient visit for a new patient, with high complexity decision making or at least 60 minutes of total time on the visit date. It is used for serious or complicated problems.

What the price covers

The price covers the clinician's visit. Tests, procedures and any hospital facility fee are billed separately; very long visits can add a prolonged-service code.