SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Specialist consultation, about 40 minutes in Joplin, MO-KS

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 99243, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between May 1, 2025 and May 1, 2025.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin JOPLIN, MO
New/Est Office/OP Cnslt Low 30-39 Min Mlp
$91.00 $140.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin JOPLIN, MO
New/Est Office/OP Cnslt Low 30-39 Min Pf
$107.25 $165.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin JOPLIN, MO
New/Est Office/OP Cnslt Low 30-39 Min
$113.10 $174.00 35%
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Mercy Hospital Carthage CARTHAGE, MO
New/Est Office/OP Cnslt Low 30-39 Min Pf
$207.35 $319.00 35%
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Freeman Neosho Hospital NEOSHO, MO
OFFICE CONSULT LV III
$288.60 $481.00 40% May 1, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $91.00, median $113.10, highest $288.60 — a 3.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $288.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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