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Emergency Department Visit, Level 3 (Low Complexity)

Rhode Island 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?

$1,139

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,139 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 $1,072 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 8 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$63.10 to $77.62
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$1,072$302 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,549Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $59 to $89
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $1,072professional $68

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$134.90
Tufts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$112.20
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
4 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
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
SA · Nurse practitioner
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 18th of 50

$1,139

$67.61 physician + $1,072 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.