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Unscheduled or Emergency Dialysis in Hospital Outpatient

North Carolina 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?

$1,096

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $60.26 to $1,096.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $6Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $46 to $1,096
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $6professional $1,096

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
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.17
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
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$0.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$0.58

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 1st of 51

$1,096

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.