Office visit, established patient (20-29 min)
Facility: Temple University Hospital
Billing Code: 99213 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $67 compared to the $75 fair price benchmark.
4-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.89× fair market pricing.
Highest price of the 9 PA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 PA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
A fair price for a Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) is about $75 (about 0.8× the $95 Medicare rate). Temple University Hospital charges insurers about $67 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Philadelphia, PA.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $49 - $176 | 51% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $14 - $175 | 15% |
| Aetnamajor | $30 - $140 | 32% |
| Cignamajor | $16 - $71 | 17% |
| AmeriHealth | $42 | 44% |
| Geisinger | $39 - $142 | 41% |
| HealthPartners | $40 | 42% |
| Oscar Health | $24 - $88 | 25% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $77 | 81% |
| + 6 smaller / regional plans | $36 - $182 |
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Other Procedures at Temple University Hospital
Compare: Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) at other PA hospitals
- Penn State Health St. Joseph · Reading $25
- UPMC Wellsboro · Wellsboro $39
- Surgical Institute of Reading · Wyomissing $40
- St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus · Quakertown $42
- Washington Hospital, The · Washington $42
- St Lukes Hospital · Bethlehem $42
- Lower Bucks Hospital · Bristol $42
- UPMC Greene · Waynesburg $42
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Temple University Hospital (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $182
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $182).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Ask Temple University Hospital's billing desk for their written 45 CFR § 180 discounted self-pay cash price and Good Faith Estimate under the No Surprises Act.
Negotiate Toward $75 Fair BaseRate ($95 Medicare)
Your bill ($500) is $425 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($75) and 5.3× the $95 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.