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Physician Direction Of Ambulance Emergency Care

Minnesota 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $380 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$91.20$74.13 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$48.98 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $49 to $1,148Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $49 to $282
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $380professional $91

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$83.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$39.81

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$91.20

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.