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Emergency Department Visit, Level 2 (Straightforward)

Kansas 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?

$92.97

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $92.97 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $41.69 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $51.29 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$41.69$35.48 to $56.23
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$51.29$42.66 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $36 to $120Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $30 to $68
$10$20$50$100$200facility $51professional $42

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
$28.18
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$85.11

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 37th of 44

$92.97

$41.69 physician + $51.29 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.