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Hospital Observation Service, per Hour

Connecticut rates for HCPCS G0378

Hospital observation service, per hour

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hospital Observation Service, per Hour cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $324 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$60.26$40.74 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$107 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $87 to $977Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $6 to $117
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $324professional $60

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in New Jersey than in Vermont. 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.

Connecticut· 2nd of 51

$186

NJ $251VT $35.48

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.