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Physician Direction Of Ambulance Emergency Care

Oklahoma 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 negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 5 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$48.98$48.98 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$48.98 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $49 to $676Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $49 to $123
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $51professional $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
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
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$56.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 48th 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.