How Much Does Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes Cost on Medicare?

Based on the data, CPT 99221 shows a 1.5x variation in pricing across states — moderate variation by Medicare standards.

Costs have decreased 19.5% since 2014. Medicare's fee schedule attempts to standardize pricing, though some variation is expected due to geographic cost-of-living adjustments and practice expense differences.

This analysis is based on publicly available CMS data and does not account for patient complexity, comorbidities, or facility-specific factors that may justify pricing differences.