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Emergency Department Visit, Level 2 (Straightforward)

South Carolina 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?

$110

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $53.70 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $56.23 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe emergency physician who treats you$53.70$36.31 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$56.23$43.65 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $36 to $105Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $30 to $316
$10$20$50$100$200facility $56professional $54

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
$56.23
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$407.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$93.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 27th of 44

$110

$53.70 physician + $56.23 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.