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Physician Direction Of Ambulance Emergency Care

New Jersey 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?

$52.48

Typical physician fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $48.98 to $182.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $52 to $52Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $49 to $214
$50$100$200facility $52professional $52

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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$645.65

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 12th of 51

$52.48

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.