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Level 3 Type B Emergency Department Visit

California rates for HCPCS G0382

Level 3 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 3 Type B Emergency Department Visit cost?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$61.66$61.66 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$1,413 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $389 to $5,012Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $62 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $62

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$85.11
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52

Where California sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in North Carolina 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.

California· 31st of 51

$66.07

NC $427IN $58.88

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.