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Emergency Department Visit, Level 2 (Straightforward)

Idaho 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?

$115

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $53.70 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $61.66 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$53.70$38.02 to $70.79
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$61.66$51.29 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $39 to $115Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $33 to $129
$10$20$50$100$200facility $62professional $54

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
$33.11
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 21st of 44

$115

$53.70 physician + $61.66 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.