go back

Physician Direction Of Ambulance Emergency Care

Colorado rates for HCPCS 99288

A physician directs an ambulance crew as they provide advanced emergency care to a patient. The direction is given remotely, so there is no face-to-face visit with the patient. The charge is for the physician's guidance of the crew.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Physician Direction Of Ambulance Emergency Care cost?

$48.98

Typical physician fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $48.98 to $123.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $49 to $182Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $49 to $162
$10$20$50$100$200facility $91professional $49

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
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$562.34

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Maine than in Kansas. 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.

Colorado· 18th of 51

$48.98

ME $269KS $46.77

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.