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Emergency Department Visit, Level 2 (Straightforward)

Louisiana 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?

$104

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $104 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 $52.48 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$51.29$38.90 to $138
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$52.48$52.48 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $40 to $537Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $32 to $302
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $52professional $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
$31.62
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$89.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$87.10

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 44

$104

$51.29 physician + $52.48 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.