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Observation Follow-Up Visit, Moderate Complexity

California rates for HCPCS 99225

A follow-up visit by the doctor to a patient already being kept under observation in hospital. The doctor reviews how you have responded, checks results that have come back and adjusts the plan. This version covers a moderately involved review, where the picture is changing or several findings have to be weighed together.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Observation Follow-Up Visit, Moderate Complexity cost?

$162

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $85.11 to $339.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $162 to $162Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $63 to $339
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $162professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65

Where California sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in Tennessee than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

California· 10th of 49

$162

TN $339SC $30.20

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.