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Physician Direction Of Ambulance Emergency Care

Georgia 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 Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $48.98 to $69.18.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $49 to $69
$50$100professional $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
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$562.34

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 45th 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.