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Emergency Department Visit, Level 3 (Low Complexity)

Delaware 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?

$1,479

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 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 $1,413 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$66.07$56.23 to $83.18
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$1,413$977 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $457 to $7,943Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $49 to $151
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $66

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$154.88
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$125.89
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$107.15
3 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
$28.18
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.61

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 15th of 50

$1,479

$66.07 physician + $1,413 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.