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Emergency Department Visit, Level 3 (Low Complexity)

Alaska rates for HCPCS 99283

An emergency department visit involving a patient history and physical examination, with low-complexity medical decision-making. This is the third of the five visit levels, above the straightforward level and below the moderate-complexity level. The extent of the history and examination is whatever is medically appropriate.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Emergency Department Visit, Level 3 (Low Complexity) cost?

$952

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $952 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $120 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $832 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$120$83.18 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$832$380 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $219 to $2,188Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $62 to $427
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $120

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$281.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in California than in Idaho. 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

Alaska· 28th of 50

$952

$120 physician + $832 facility

CA $2,527ID $226

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.