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Level 4 Type B Emergency Department Visit

California rates for HCPCS G0383

Level 4 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 4 Type B Emergency Department Visit cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$234$229 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$275 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $234 to $13,183Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $151 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $234

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$323.59

Where California sits

The same service costs 2.9 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.

California· 28th of 51

$234

NC $398MN $138

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.