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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 October 2026.

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

$523

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $523 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 $457 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 9 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$57.54 to $81.28
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$457$148 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,122Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $51 to $112
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $457professional $66

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
$85.11
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$100.00
6 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
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AQ · Shortage area physician
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 45th of 50

$523

$66.07 physician + $457 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.