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Unscheduled or Emergency Dialysis in Hospital Outpatient

California rates for HCPCS G0257

Unscheduled or emergency dialysis treatment for an ESRD patient in a hospital outpatient department that is not certified as an ESRD facility

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Unscheduled or Emergency Dialysis in Hospital Outpatient cost?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $776 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$389$39.81 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$389 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $6 to $1,778Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $6 to $617
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $776professional $389

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where California sits

The same service costs 190.5 times more in North Carolina than in North Dakota. 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.

California· 25th of 51

$389

NC $1,096ND $5.75

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.