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Emergency Department Visit, Level 5 (Highest)

Kansas rates for HCPCS 99285

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Emergency Department Visit, Level 5 (Highest) cost?

$379

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $379 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $170 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $209 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe emergency physician who treats you$170$145 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$209$174 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $155 to $490Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $115 to $525
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $209professional $170

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
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$436.52

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 18.8 times more in Vermont than in New Hampshire. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeKansas $379 · 36th of 43
VT $5,557NH $295

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.