Specialist consultation, moderate complexity or 40+ minutes in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Specialist consultation, moderate complexity or 40+ minutes: from $166.00 to $374.00, with a median of $286.75. The lowest listed price is at Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 99244, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Apr 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford lowest Palo Alto, CA HC Lactation Consult 45-60 Min | $166.00 | $332.00 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto, CA HC Office Consult Lvl 4 | $199.50 | $399.00 | 50% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA Off/OP Cnsltj New/Est Mod/Mdm/ 40 Min | $374.00 | $748.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA Off/OP Cnsltj New/Est Mod/Mdm/ 40 Min | $374.00 | $748.00 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $166.00, median $286.75, highest $374.00 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $374.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
This is an office or outpatient consultation requested by another clinician, with moderate complexity decision making or at least 40 minutes of total time on the visit date under 2023 rules. It is used for more involved problems.
What the price covers
The price covers the specialist's consultation. Tests, procedures and any hospital facility fee are billed separately.