Level 2 Type B Emergency Department Visit

Rhode Island 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 October 2026.

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

$240

Typical facility fee. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $182 to $240.

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 $204 · 10th to 90th $123 to $263Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $37 to $240

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Professional Modifier None Typical Low $239.88 Median $239.88 Typical High $239.88	Professional	None	$239.88	$239.88	$239.88
BCBS Rhode Island Setting Facility Modifier None Typical Low $112.20 Median $199.53 Typical High $263.03	Facility	None	$112.20	$199.53	$263.03
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier None Typical Low $37.15 Median $37.15 Typical High $37.15	Professional	None	$37.15	$37.15	$37.15
United Setting Facility Modifier None Typical Low $204.17 Median $204.17 Typical High $204.17	Facility	None	$204.17	$204.17	$204.17

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 19.1 times more in Iowa than in Indiana. 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.

Rhode Island· 3rd of 51

$240

IA $501IN $26.30

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.