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Physician Direction Of Ambulance Emergency Care

Oregon 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 Oregon, 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 $52.48 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$48.98$48.98 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$48.98 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $49 to $123Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $49 to $123
$50$100$200facility $52professional $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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$123.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$123.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 33rd 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.