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Emergency Department Visit, Level 5 (Highest)

Rhode Island 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 October 2026.

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

$1,731

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,731 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $182 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $1,549 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$182$166 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$1,549$661 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,786Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $162 to $240
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $182

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
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$346.74
Tufts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
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
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
SA · Nurse practitioner
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 9.6 times more in New Hampshire 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· 32nd of 50

$1,731

$182 physician + $1,549 facility

NH $5,599ID $582

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.