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Observation Care Admission, Straightforward

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 99218

The doctor's first full assessment when you are placed under observation in hospital — kept in a bed for monitoring and testing without being formally admitted. It covers the history, examination and plan on the day observation starts, for a problem that is comparatively uncomplicated.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Observation Care Admission, Straightforward cost?

$191

Typical physician fee. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $155 to $234.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $138 to $288
$200.0$500.0professional $191

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 16.6 times more in North Carolina than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

North Dakota $191 · 18th of 49
NC $501SC $30.20

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.