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Emergency Department Visit, Level 2 (Straightforward)

Alabama rates for HCPCS 99282

An emergency department visit involving a patient history and physical examination, with straightforward medical decision-making. This is the second of the five visit levels and the lowest that involves the clinician's own decision-making, one step below the low-complexity level. The extent of the history and examination is whatever is medically appropriate.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Emergency Department Visit, Level 2 (Straightforward) cost?

$43.65

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $33.88 to $81.28.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $29 to $302
$10$20$50$100$200professional $44

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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$87.10

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in West Virginia than in Wyoming. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 44th of 51

$43.65

WV $89.13WY $37.15

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.