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Emergency Department Visit, Level 3 (Low Complexity)

North Dakota 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?

$740

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $740 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $123 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $617 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe emergency physician who treats you$123$72.44 to $158
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$617$490 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $407 to $832Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $59 to $182
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $617professional $123

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
$154.88
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
1 more rate 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
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 39th of 50

$740

$123 physician + $617 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.