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Emergency Department Visit, Level 2 (Straightforward)

Nebraska 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?

$132

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $66.07 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $66.07 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$66.07$36.31 to $83.18
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$66.07$48.98 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $36 to $724Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $31 to $95
$50$100$200$500facility $66professional $66

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
$27.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$79.43
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 14th of 44

$132

$66.07 physician + $66.07 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.