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Emergency Department Visit, Level 4 (Moderate Complexity)

Michigan rates for HCPCS 99284

An emergency department visit involving a patient history and physical examination, with moderate-complexity medical decision-making. This is the fourth of the five visit levels, above the low-complexity level and one step below the highest. The extent of the history and examination is whatever is medically appropriate.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Emergency Department Visit, Level 4 (Moderate Complexity) cost?

$252

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $252 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $126 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $126 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$126$100 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$126$107 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $95 to $182Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $95 to $380
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $126professional $126

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,288.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$204.17
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$478.63
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$131.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,413.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 27.2 times more in Vermont than in New Hampshire. 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

Michigan· 39th of 43

$252

$126 physician + $126 facility

VT $5,508NH $203

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.