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Emergency Department Visit, Level 2 (Straightforward)

Minnesota 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?

$187

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $187 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $72.44 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $115 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$72.44$44.67 to $115
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$115$63.10 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $39 to $355Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $32 to $148
$50$100$200$500facility $115professional $72

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
$47.86
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 11th of 44

$187

$72.44 physician + $115 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.