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Unscheduled or Emergency Dialysis in Hospital Outpatient

Colorado 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $631 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$95.50 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$631 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,162Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $83 to $631
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $631professional $120

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,630.78
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 29th of 51

$120

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.