Doctor visits and therapy CPT 99215 Outpatient

Returning patient visit, 40 min cost in Dayton, OH

In Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for returning patient office visit, high complexity or 40+ minutes: from $203.00 to $388.70, with a median of $295.85. The lowest listed price is at Dayton Childrens Hospital — $92.85 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $168.75 at 58 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 99215, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$203.00Dayton Childrens Hospital
Median$295.85half pay less
Highest$388.70in this market
Difference1.9×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 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH.

median
Lowest $203.00Highest $434.07

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Dayton Childrens Hospital lowest Dayton, OH · (937) 641-5509 OFFICE O/P EST HI 40 MIN $203.00 $290.00 $123.47–$185.21 30% —
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Shriners Childrens Ohio Dayton, OH · (937) 641-5509 ESTABLISHED PATIENT OFFICE OR OTHER OUTPATIENT VISIT; 40-54 MINUTES $388.70 $388.70 $73.91–$252.14 — —
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Dayton Childrens Hospital Dayton, OH · (937) 641-5509 ESTABLISHED PATIENT OFFICE OR OTHER OUTPATIENT VISIT; 40-54 MINUTES $434.07 $620.10 $123.47–$185.20 30% —
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Outpatient: lowest $203.00, median $295.85, highest $388.70 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $379.20. 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 0 of 2 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 the highest level of office or outpatient visit for a returning patient, with high complexity decision making or at least 40 minutes of total clinician time on the visit date. It is used for serious or rapidly changing problems that may need urgent decisions.

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.