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Hospital Observation Service, per Hour

Minnesota rates for HCPCS G0378

Hospital observation service, per hour

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hospital Observation Service, per Hour cost?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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$57.54$54.95 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$70.79 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $55 to $151Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $47 to $60
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $83professional $58

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
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$186.21

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 49th of 51

$57.54

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.