Doctor visits and therapy CPT 99205 Outpatient

New patient office visit, about 60 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 60 minutes: from $107.50 to $432.50, with a median of $315.63. The lowest listed price is at Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 99205, 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$107.50Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
Median$315.63half pay less
Highest$432.50in this market
Difference4.0×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 $107.50Highest $432.50

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 5 New Pt $107.50 $215.00 50% Mar 31, 2026
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El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA HC E&M, NEW PT, HIGH, 60-74 MIN $198.75 $795.00 75% Apr 1, 2026
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Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA Eval/Mgmt of New Patient $432.50 $865.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA Eval/Mgmt of New Patient $432.50 $865.00 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $107.50, median $315.63, highest $432.50 — a 4.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $432.50. 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 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.