Returning patient visit, 30 min cost in Seattle, WA
In Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for returning patient office visit, moderate complexity or 30+ minutes: from $72.42 to $353.50, with a median of $164.00. The lowest listed price is at Virginia Mason Medical Center — $91.58 less than the median here. Across Washington, the median is $181.74 at 46 hospitals.
- The median here, $164.00, is 7% below the US median of $176.84.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($136.02).
- 1 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 11 cities for code 99214, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 11, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Mason Medical Center lowest Seattle, WA · (206) 223-6600 EST PATIENTLEVEL 4DETAILED. File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $72.42 | $142.00 | $85.20–$113.60 | 49% |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA · (206) 987-2000 Clinic Facility Med/Surg File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $140.00 | $140.00 | $35.28–$134.40 | — |
| Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Snoqualmie, WA · (425) 831-2300 Facility Fee HC SVH MCD SPEC CLINIC FAC EST LVL 4 File of Apr 14, 2026 · source file | $143.16 | $246.82 | $104.01–$227.07 | 42% |
| Saint Clare Hospital Lakewood, WA · (253) 588-1711 HC VISIT ESTABLISHED LEVEL 4 File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $155.45 | $539.00 | $87.00–$632.55 | 71% |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Everett, WA · (425) 261-2000 HC PR 99214 ESTAB PT VISIT - LEVEL 4 File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $157.04 | $302.00 | — | 48% |
| St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor, WA · (253) 530-2050 HC VISIT ESTABLISHED LEVEL 4 File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $163.91 | $539.00 | $87.00–$632.55 | 70% |
| Highline Medical Center Burien, WA · (206) 431-5237 HC VISIT ESTABLISHED LEVEL 4 File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $164.08 | $539.00 | $87.00–$550.75 | 70% |
| St Francis Community Hospital Federal Way, WA · (253) 944-8100 HC VISIT ESTABLISHED LEVEL 4 File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $165.75 | $539.00 | $87.00–$632.55 | 69% |
| St Joseph Medical Center Tacoma, WA · (253) 627-4101 HC VISIT ESTABLISHED LEVEL 4 File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $171.57 | $518.00 | $87.00–$755.98 | 67% |
| St Elizabeth Hospital Enumclaw, WA · (360) 825-2505 HC VISIT ESTABLISHED LEVEL 4 File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $197.93 | $539.00 | $64.00–$623.04 | 63% |
| Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA · (360) 435-2133 HC OUTPT VISIT/EST PT,LEV 4+2 more lines at this price File of Mar 26, 2026 · source file | $245.60 | $307.00 | $26.10–$363.94 | 20% |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Everett, WA · (425) 261-2000 HC CD COURT ORDER-ETOH/ DRUG SCH+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $261.04 | $502.00 | — | 48% |
| Valley Medical Center Renton, WA · (425) 228-3450 Office/Outpatient Established Mod Mdm 30 Min File of Mar 12, 2026 · source file | $353.50 | $505.00 | — | 30% |
Outpatient: lowest $72.42, median $164.00, highest $353.50 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $165.75. 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 9 of 10 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 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 returning patient visit, 30 min is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Returning patient visit, 30 min explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 99214 ($191.05). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Snoqualmie, WAFacility Fee HC SVH MCR SPEC CLINIC FAC EST LVL 4 | $17.61 | file |