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Emergency Department Visit, Level 5 (Highest)

Utah 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?

$3,186

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,186 for this emergency department visit. That total is two separate charges billed under the same code: $166 to the emergency physician who treats you, and $3,020 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$166$138 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital emergency department$3,020$1,288 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,413Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $126 to $295
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $166

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
$6,165.95
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,456.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03
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
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Utah 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

Utah· 11th of 50

$3,186

$166 physician + $3,020 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.