Doctor visits and therapy CPT 99291 Outpatient

Critical care (first hour) cost in Auburn, NY

In Auburn, NY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for critical care, first 30 to 74 minutes: from $270.27 to $270.27, with a median of $270.27. Across New York, the median is $1,624.25 at 108 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 99291, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$270.27Auburn Community Hospital
Median$270.27half pay less
Highest$270.27in this market
Difference1.0×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 Auburn, NY.

median
Lowest $270.27Highest $649.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Auburn Community Hospital lowest Auburn, NY · (315) 255-7011 ER CRITICAL CARE $270.27 $1,706.78 $119.37–$2,992.04 84% —
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Auburn Community Hospital Auburn, NY · (315) 255-7011 CARDIOLOGY $649.80 $275.63 $119.37–$2,992.04 -136% —
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Outpatient: lowest $270.27, median $270.27, highest $270.27.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 code bills care for a life-threatening illness or injury for the first 30 to 74 minutes. It appears on emergency department bills after serious cases and in intensive care.

What the price covers

The price is the hospital's charge. Additional half hours use 99292, and the doctor bills separately.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 99291 ($1,928.55). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Auburn Community Hospital Auburn, NYECU CRITICAL 1ST HR $48.78 file
Auburn Community Hospital Auburn, NYHOSP- CRITICAL CARE INT 30- 74 MIN $124.03 file