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Emergency Department Visit, Level 3 (Low Complexity)

Alabama 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?

$991

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $991 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $57.54 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $933 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe emergency physician who treats you$57.54$48.98 to $70.79
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$933$589 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,344Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $44 to $91
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $933professional $58

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
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
4 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
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 24th of 50

$991

$57.54 physician + $933 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.