go back

Emergency Department Visit, Level 2 (Straightforward)

Connecticut 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?

$585

Typical total for the visit. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $585 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $47.86 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $537 to the hospital for the emergency department itself. Tests, imaging and treatments during the visit are billed separately.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe emergency physician who treats you$47.86$34.67 to $64.57
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$537$513 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,023Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $30 to $112
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $537professional $48

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$97.72
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 27.8 times more in Vermont than in Nevada. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Connecticut· 5th of 44

$585

$47.86 physician + $537 facility

VT $2,243NV $80.55

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.