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Emergency Department Visit, Level 2 (Straightforward)

Maryland 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?

$47.86

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $35.48 to $72.44.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $30 to $93
$50$100professional $48

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
$30.20
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$85.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$63.10

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 33rd of 51

$47.86

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.