Returning patient visit, 10 min cost in California

In California, 96 hospitals publish a cash price for returning patient office visit, straightforward problem or 10+ minutes: from $15.71 to $1,434.37, with a median of $114.95. The lowest price is at Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage). The highest price is 91.3× the lowest.

• The median here, $114.95, is 7% above the US median of $107.25.
• That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($136.02).
• California ranks 30th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
• 21 of 96 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 99212. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map