Level 2 Type B Emergency Department Visit

Colorado rates for HCPCS G0381

Level 2 hospital emergency department visit provided in a type B emergency department; (the ED must meet at least one of the following requirements: (1) it is licensed by the state in which it is located under applicable state law as an emergency room or emergency department; (2) it is held out to the public (by name, posted signs, advertising, or other means) as a place that provides care for emergency medical conditions on an urgent basis without requiring a previously scheduled appointment; or (3) during the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which a determination under 42 CFR 489.24 is being made, based on a representative sample of patient visits that occurred during that calendar year, it provides at least one-third of all of its outpatient visits for the treatment of emergency medical conditions on an urgent basis without requiring a previously scheduled appointment)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Level 2 Type B Emergency Department Visit cost?

$126

Typical physician fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $110 to $129.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $126 to $240Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $46 to $129

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $125.89 Median $125.89 Typical High $128.82	Professional	Global	$125.89	$125.89	$128.82
Anthem BCBS Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $38.02 Median $54.95 Typical High $83.18	Professional	Global	$38.02	$54.95	$83.18
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $37.15 Median $37.15 Typical High $37.15	Professional	Global	$37.15	$37.15	$37.15
Denver HMP Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $125.89 Median $128.82 Typical High $239.88	Facility	Global	$125.89	$128.82	$239.88
Kaiser Permanente Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $489.78 Median $489.78 Typical High $489.78	Professional	Global	$489.78	$489.78	$489.78

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in North Carolina than in Minnesota. 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· 19th of 51

$126

NC $240MN $39.81

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.