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Emergency Department Visit, Level 2 (Straightforward)

Michigan 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?

$89.36

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.36 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $45.71 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $43.65 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$45.71$36.31 to $64.57
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$43.65$38.02 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $33 to $107Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $32 to $91
$50$100$200$500facility $44professional $46

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
$31.62
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$70.79
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$57.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$141.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$56.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$83.18
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$93.33

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 41st of 44

$89.36

$45.71 physician + $43.65 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.