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Emergency Department Visit, Level 3 (Low Complexity)

Utah 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?

$1,021

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,021 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 $955 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$56.23 to $97.72
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$955$631 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,239Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $51 to $126
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$107.15
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
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Utah 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

Utah· 23rd of 50

$1,021

$66.07 physician + $955 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.