Returning patient visit, 10 min cost in Houston, TX
In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, 13 hospitals list a cash price for returning patient office visit, straightforward problem or 10+ minutes: from $85.76 to $218.30, with a median of $164.00. The lowest listed price is at Texas Children's Hospital — $78.24 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $164.00 at 56 hospitals.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 9 cities for code 99212, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 5, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Children's Hospital lowest Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC ESTABLISHED OP VISIT LVL 2 - ROOM, STAFF, AND SUPPLY CHARGE | $85.76 | $128.00 | $34.56–$121.60 | 33% | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
| Texas Children's Hospital lowest Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC ESTABLISHED OP VISIT LVL 2 - ROOM, STAFF, AND SUPPLY CHARGE | $85.76 | $128.00 | $34.56–$121.60 | 33% | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
| Texas Children's Hospital lowest Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC ESTABLISHED OP VISIT LVL 2 - ROOM, STAFF, AND SUPPLY CHARGE | $85.76 | $128.00 | $34.56–$121.60 | 33% | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG OBGYN - EST PATIENT O/V - (99212) MINOR | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG PED - NEW PATIENT O/V - (99202) EXPANDED | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG PED - EST PATIENT O/V - (99212) MINOR | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG PSY CLINIC - NEW PATIENT O/V - (99202) EXPANDED | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG PSY CLINIC - EST PATIENT O/V - (99212) MINOR | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG OB INTAKE - NEW PATIENT O/V - (99202) EXPANDED | $126.71 | $196.00 | $0.01 | 35% | — source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG OB INTAKE - EST PATIENT O/V - (99212) MINOR | $126.71 | $196.00 | $0.01 | 35% | — source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG FORENSIC - EST PATIENT VISIT - (99212) MINOR | $126.71 | $118.00 | $0.01 | -7% | — source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG TITLE V - EST PT - EXPANDED, STRAIGHTFORWARD DECISION-MAKING (10 MIN) | $126.71 | $34.00 | $0.01 | -273% | — source file |
| Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG ADULT - NEW PATIENT O/V - (99202) EXPANDED | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG ADULT - EST PATIENT O/V - (99212) MINOR | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG OBGYN - NEW PATIENT O/V - (99202) EXPANDED | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG OBGYN - EST PATIENT O/V - (99212) MINOR | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG PED - NEW PATIENT O/V - (99202) EXPANDED | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG PED - EST PATIENT O/V - (99212) MINOR | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG PSY CLINIC - NEW PATIENT O/V - (99202) EXPANDED | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG PSY CLINIC - EST PATIENT O/V - (99212) MINOR | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG OB INTAKE - NEW PATIENT O/V - (99202) EXPANDED | $126.71 | $196.00 | $0.01 | 35% | — source file |
| Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG OB INTAKE - EST PATIENT O/V - (99212) MINOR | $126.71 | $196.00 | $0.01 | 35% | — source file |
| Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG FORENSIC - EST PATIENT VISIT - (99212) MINOR | $126.71 | $118.00 | $0.01 | -7% | — source file |
| Harris Health Houston, TX ECHG TITLE V - EST PT - EXPANDED, STRAIGHTFORWARD DECISION-MAKING (10 MIN) | $126.71 | $34.00 | $0.01 | -273% | — source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG ADULT - NEW PATIENT O/V - (99202) EXPANDED | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG ADULT - EST PATIENT O/V - (99212) MINOR | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG OBGYN - NEW PATIENT O/V - (99202) EXPANDED | $126.71 | $138.00 | $0.01 | 8% | — source file |
| Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital Katy, TX HC E&M VISIT EST STRAIGHTFWD 10 MINS | $164.00 | $328.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Baytown, TX · (281) 420-8600 HC E&M VISIT EST STRAIGHTFWD 10 MINS | $164.00 | $328.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX · (281) 274-8000 HC E&M VISIT EST STRAIGHTFWD 10 MINS | $164.00 | $328.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands, TX · (936) 270-2000 HC E&M VISIT EST STRAIGHTFWD 10 MINS | $164.00 | $328.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist West Houston Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 522-1000 HC E&M VISIT EST STRAIGHTFWD 10 MINS | $164.00 | $328.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston, TX · (281) 477-1000 HC E&M VISIT EST STRAIGHTFWD 10 MINS | $164.00 | $328.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · (713) 790-2221 HC E&M VISIT EST STRAIGHTFWD 10 MINS | $164.00 | $328.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital Nassau Bay, TX · (281) 333-5503 HC E&M VISIT EST STRAIGHTFWD 10 MINS | $164.00 | $328.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital Cypress, TX · (346) 618-1506 HC E&M VISIT EST STRAIGHTFWD 10 MINS | $164.00 | $328.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Shriners Childrens Texas Galveston, TX · (409) 770-6600 ESTABLISHED PATIENT OFFICE OR OTHER OUTPATIENT VISIT; 10-19 MINUTES | $218.30 | $218.30 | $30.53–$78.34 | — | — source file |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC OB GYN ASSESSMENT - LEVEL 1 | $263.31 | $393.00 | $106.11–$1,352.00 | 33% | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC OB GYN ASSESSMENT - LEVEL 1 | $263.31 | $393.00 | $106.11–$1,352.00 | 33% | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC OB GYN ASSESSMENT - LEVEL 1 | $263.31 | $393.00 | $106.11–$1,352.00 | 33% | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $85.76, median $164.00, highest $218.30 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $164.00. 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 1 of 4 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 a short office or outpatient visit for a returning patient, with straightforward decision making or at least 10 minutes of total clinician time on the visit date. It is used for simple issues, such as a quick recheck or a minor complaint.
What the price covers
The price covers the clinician's visit. Lab tests, X-rays, procedures and any hospital facility fee at a hospital-owned clinic are billed separately.