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Emergency Department Visit, Level 2 (Straightforward)

Georgia 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?

$576

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $576 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $51.29 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $525 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe emergency physician who treats you$51.29$38.02 to $69.18
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$525$525 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $55 to $1,000Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $33 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $525professional $51

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
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$165.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$79.43
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$95.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$131.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$87.10

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 6th of 44

$576

$51.29 physician + $525 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.