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Emergency Department Visit, Level 2 (Straightforward)

Delaware 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?

$40.74

Typical physician fee. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $33.11 to $54.95.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $31 to $66
$50$100professional $41

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
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$91.20
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$263.03
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 49th of 51

$40.74

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.