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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 October 2026.

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

$478

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $478 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 $407 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$60.26 to $105
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$407$389 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,318Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $52 to $501
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $407professional $71

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
$512.86
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
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
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.08

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 47th of 50

$478

$70.79 physician + $407 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.