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Physician Direction Of Ambulance Emergency Care

Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin, 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 $54.95 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 9 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 $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$48.98 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $49 to $447Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $49 to $437
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $55professional $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
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$70.79
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$123.03
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$79.43

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 30th 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.