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Preventive visit, new patient age 18 to 39 in Boston, MA-NH costs $117 to $358. Here's every hospital's price.

5 hospitals in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area publish a cash price for preventive visit, new patient age 18 to 39 (CPT 99385). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, 5 hospitals list a cash price for preventive visit, new patient age 18 to 39 (CPT 99385). The lowest is $117 at Boston Medical Center-Brighton, the median is $221 and the highest is $358 at Boston Medical Center. The most expensive hospital lists 3.1 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Boston, MA-NH median of $221 is 53% above the national median of $144 across 150 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

6 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $23 to $513. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between January 2026 and April 2026. 35 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$117
lowest cash price in Boston, MA-NH
Boston Medical Center-Brighton · 13 mi
$104 below the median
$221
median cash price
5 hospitals
3.1×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
5/41
hospitals with a cash price
35 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Boston Medical Center-Brighton

Brighton · 13 mi · File Mar 2026

$117
list $260 · lowest of 2 lines
2
Lowell General Hospital

Lowell · 19 mi · File Apr 2026

$185
list $264 · lowest of 3 lines
3
Cambridge Health Alliance

Cambridge · 11 mi · File Mar 2026

$221
list $221
4
Tufts Medical Center

Boston · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$272
list $388 · lowest of 3 lines
5
Boston Medical Center

Boston · 13 mi · File Mar 2026

$358
list $796
6
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital

Brockton · 30 mi · File Jan 2026

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1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 99385. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 99385, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About preventive visit, new patient age 18 to 39

CPT 99385 is an annual preventive exam, the "physical", for a new patient aged 18 to 39: history, examination, counseling and ordering of age-appropriate screening. Under the Affordable Care Act, insured patients usually pay nothing for it. The price on this page is for the uninsured and for plans outside those rules.

What the price covers

The visit itself. Laboratory tests, vaccines and any problem-focused work done in the same visit are separate. If you raise a new problem during a preventive visit, many practices bill a second, problem-oriented visit code on top, which is legal and a frequent surprise on bills.

Why prices vary

Hospital-owned clinics may add a facility fee; independent practices usually do not. Cash prices for a physical range from around $100 to several hundred dollars.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 99385, and is there a facility fee?
  • Which labs or vaccines will be added, and what do they cost?
  • If I mention a specific problem, will a second visit code be billed?

Hospitals in Boston, MA-NH without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

Questions people ask