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Emergency Department Visit, Level 3 (Low Complexity)

Louisiana 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?

$216

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $216 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $67.61 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $148 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$67.61$57.54 to $145
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$148$148 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $69 to $955Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $51 to $513
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $148professional $68

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36

Where Louisiana 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 feeLouisiana $216 · 13th 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.