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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 July 2026.

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

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $6.17 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 8 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$5.75$5.75 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.17$5.75 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $692Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $617
$5.0$20.0$100.0$500.0facility $6professional $6

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
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60

Where California sits

The same service costs 162.2 times more in North Carolina than in Georgia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

California $5.75 · 49th of 51
NC $933GA $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.