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Emergency Department Visit, Level 3 (Low Complexity)

Kansas 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 July 2026.

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

$152

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $152 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $70.79 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $81.28 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$70.79$61.66 to $91.20
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$81.28$70.79 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $62 to $182Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $54 to $195
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $81professional $71

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
$52.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$199.53

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 44.5 times more in Vermont than in New Hampshire. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeKansas $152 · 36th of 44
VT $5,446NH $122

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.