Primary care visit costs in Santa Barbara
8 family and internal medicine doctors in Santa Barbara have doctor-specific negotiated rates in UnitedHealthcare’s price transparency files. Rates as of February 2026.
8
Doctors with a full page
$260
Median new patient visit, 45–59 min
$235
Median follow-up (99214)
$229
Median annual physical (99396)
Typical Rates
Medians and ranges across the doctors listed on this site in Santa Barbara; codes reported by fewer than three doctors are omitted. The last column is the median across all listed doctors statewide.
| Visit | Santa Barbara median | Range | Doctors | California |
|---|---|---|---|---|
New patient visit, 30–44 min CPT: 99203 | $204 | $128–$204 | 8 | $176 |
New patient visit, 45–59 min CPT: 99204 | $260 | $220–$260 | 8 | $262 |
Follow-up visit, 20–29 min CPT: 99213 | $166 | $102–$166 | 8 | $137 |
Follow-up visit, 30–39 min CPT: 99214 | $235 | $150–$235 | 8 | $194 |
Annual physical, age 40–64 CPT: 99396 | $229 | $229–$229 | 7 | $210 |
Doctors With Published Rates
8 doctors in Santa Barbara. Doctors with enough public reviews to rate are listed first, then by how many visit types are priced. 7 of them are paid under a shared group contract, so identical rates between doctors are the contract, not a coincidence.
Dr. Julia Billington, MD
Internal Medicine Physician
3.9(30)$260
New patient visit, 45–59 min
Follow-up
$235Dr. Patrick Frawley, MD
Internal Medicine Physician
2.9(16)$220
New patient visit, 45–59 min
Follow-up
$150Dr. Michael Bordofsky, MD
Internal Medicine Physician
4.9(9)$260
New patient visit, 45–59 min
Follow-up
$235Dr. David Dodson, MD
Internal Medicine Physician
3.8(6)$260
New patient visit, 45–59 min
Follow-up
$235Dr. Laurel Bliss, MD
Internal Medicine Physician
Too few public reviews to rate$260
New patient visit, 45–59 min
Follow-up
$235Dr. Robert Kershaw, MD
Internal Medicine Physician
Too few public reviews to rate$260
New patient visit, 45–59 min
Follow-up
$235Dr. Deborah Meyers, MD
Internal Medicine Physician
Too few public reviews to rate$260
New patient visit, 45–59 min
Follow-up
$235Dr. Cathy Straits, MD
Internal Medicine Physician
Too few public reviews to rate$260
New patient visit, 45–59 min
Follow-up
$235
Compare Across California
Questions
- How much does a new patient visit cost in Santa Barbara?
- Among the 8 Santa Barbara primary care doctors with a published UnitedHealthcare rate for a new patient office visit, moderate-complexity decision-making, 45–59 minutes, the median is $260. Individual doctors range from $220 to $260.
- Why are only some doctors listed?
- We only publish doctors whose negotiated rates appear at the individual level in the insurer's price transparency files. Doctors whose rates are only reported at the group or specialty level are not listed, because those numbers do not describe what that specific doctor is paid. A doctor gets a full page when at least three office or preventive visit codes are priced; with fewer, we show the rates in a table on this page instead of padding out a profile.
- Are these prices for every insurance plan?
- No. These rates are from UnitedHealthcare's in-network files and apply to UnitedHealthcare commercial plans. Other insurers negotiate separately, though rates for the same doctor are usually in a similar range.