Returning patient visit, 40 min cost in Washington, DC
In Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, 12 hospitals list a cash price for returning patient office visit, high complexity or 40+ minutes: from $93.50 to $479.73, with a median of $401.50. The lowest listed price is at Children's National Hospital — $308.00 less than the median here. Across District of Columbia, the median is $253.74 at 3 hospitals.
- The median here, $401.50, is 77% above the US median of $227.33.
- That is 3.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($136.02).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 10 cities for code 99215, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 17, 2025 and Jul 14, 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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's National Hospital lowest Washington, DC · (202) 476-5000 99215 - OP Est High MDM or 40 min File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file | $93.50 | $187.00 | $78.54–$196.97 | 50% |
| Frederick Health Hospital Frederick, MD · (240) 566-3300 CLINIC VISIT 5 LEVEL W/PROC+1 more line at this price File of Mar 17, 2025 · source file | $205.61 | $209.81 | $205.61–$209.81 | 2% |
| MedStar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC · (202) 877-7000 PLASTIC SURG EST VST LEV 5+14 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $253.74 | $390.37 | $99.00–$331.81 | 35% |
| MedStar Georgetown Hospital Northwest Washington, DC · (202) 784-3000 HEM EST PT VISIT LVL 5+9 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $256.34 | $394.37 | $98.00–$354.93 | 35% |
| MedStar Southern Hospital Center Clinton, MD · (301) 868-8000 INF VISIT EST L5 File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.29 | $324.79 | $318.29–$324.79 | 2% |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria, VA · (703) 504-3167 HC FACT PROG ACUTE ESTAB PT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $401.50 | $803.00 | $357.98–$626.34 | 50% |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Fairfax, VA · (703) 391-4170 HC FACT PROG ACUTE ESTAB PT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $401.50 | $803.00 | $357.98–$626.34 | 50% |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg, VA · (703) 858-6600 HC FACT PROG ACUTE ESTAB PT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $401.50 | $803.00 | $357.98–$626.34 | 50% |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA · (703) 698-1110 HC FACT PROG ACUTE ESTAB PT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $401.50 | $803.00 | $357.98–$626.34 | 50% |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria, VA · (703) 664-7105 HC FACT PROG ACUTE ESTAB PT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $401.50 | $803.00 | $357.98–$626.34 | 50% |
| Fauquier Health Warrenton, VA · (540) 316-5000 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 making. When using total time on the date of the encounter for code selection, 40 minutes must be met or File of Jul 14, 2026 · source file | $416.40 | $1,041.00 | $153.03–$1,041.00 | 60% |
| MedStar Montgomery Medical Center Olney, MD · (301) 774-8882 GERIATRIC VISIT EST LVL5+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $479.73 | $489.52 | $479.73–$489.52 | 2% |
Outpatient: lowest $93.50, median $401.50, highest $479.73 — a 5.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $401.50. 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 12 of 12 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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