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Unscheduled or Emergency Dialysis in Hospital Outpatient

Virginia 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$77.62$69.18 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$10.96 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $6 to $10,233Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $6 to $617
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $78

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
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$11,481.54
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
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 Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$77.62

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.