Returning patient visit, 40 min cost in Austin, TX
In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 10 hospitals list a cash price for returning patient office visit, high complexity or 40+ minutes: from $235.84 to $4,026.00, with a median of $2,436.50. The lowest listed price is at Texas Children's Hospital - Austin — $2,200.66 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $282.78 at 186 hospitals.
- The median here, $2,436.50, is 972% above the US median of $227.33.
- That is 17.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($136.02).
- Austin, TX ranks 4th of 4 metro areas in Texas by median, cheapest first.
- 8 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 7 cities for code 99215, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 4, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin lowest Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC ESTABLISHED OP VISIT LVL 5 - ROOM, STAFF, AND SUPPLY CHARGE File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $235.84 | $352.00 | $95.04–$334.40 | 33% |
| Ascension Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 528-7000 LEVEL 5 EP File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $318.24 | $883.99 | $109.75–$192.89 | 64% |
| Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals Round Rock Round Rock, TX EST PT VISIT - LEVEL 5 File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $923.00 | $923.00 | — | — |
| St. David's North Austin Medical Center Austin, TX · (512) 901-1000 OP VISIT LEVEL 5 EST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,309.00 | $1,309.00 | $870.49 | — |
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC OB GYN ASSESSMENT - LEVEL 4 File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $1,432.46 | $2,138.00 | $577.26–$2,031.10 | 33% |
| Ascension Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 528-7000 OB TRIAGE LVL 5 EP File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $1,528.24 | $4,245.12 | $109.75–$192.89 | 64% |
| St. David's Round Rock Medical Center Leander, TX · (512) 341-1000 OP VISIT LEVEL 5 EST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,299.00 | $2,299.00 | $1,549.53 | — |
| Heart Hosp of Austin at St. David's Round Rock Round Rock, TX OP VISIT LEVEL 5 EST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,574.00 | $2,574.00 | $1,734.88 | — |
| St. David's Medical Center Manor, TX · (512) 476-7111 OP VISIT LEVEL 5 EST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,583.00 | $2,583.00 | $1,740.94 | — |
| Heart Hosp of Austin Austin, TX OP VISIT LEVEL 5 EST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,583.00 | $2,583.00 | $439.11–$2,195.55 | — |
| St. David's Georgetown Hospital Georgetown, TX · (512) 476-7111 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, which requires a medically appropriate history and/or examination and high level of medical decision makin +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,583.00 | $2,583.00 | $62.55–$2,195.55 | — |
| St. David's South Austin Medical Center Bastrop, TX · (512) 448-7107 OP VISIT LEVEL 5 EST File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4,026.00 | $4,026.00 | $2,536.38 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $235.84, median $2,436.50, highest $4,026.00 — a 17.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $579.42. 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 9 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.
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