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Emergency Department Visit, Level 5 (Highest)

Pennsylvania 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?

$727

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $727 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $178 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $550 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 14 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe emergency physician who treats you$178$145 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$550$282 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $155 to $3,715Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $123 to $407
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $550professional $178

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
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$645.65
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,466.84
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$436.52
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,951.21
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$8,317.64
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$346.74
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$263.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,762.47
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$407.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,479.11
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$245.47

Where Pennsylvania 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 feePennsylvania $727 · 10th 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.