Non-mental health outpatient care was among the highest cost categories in the study sample. This was due primarily to high levels of utilization of services, rather than high costs of services in this category. Closer evaluation of the study sample showed that nearly 56% of non-mental health outpatient visits had total costs of less than $100 and nearly 91% had total costs of less than $500. The most common diagnosis coded for non-mental health visits was for routine infant or child health checks. Other common reasons for visits were acute sinusitis, acute pharyngitis, respiratory infections, allergies, asthma, abdominal pain, and fatigue/malaise.
