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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 October 2026.

How much does Level 4 Type B Emergency Department Visit cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$151 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,445 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $447 to $10,233Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $151 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $151

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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$10,000.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69

Where California sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in North Carolina than in Montana. 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· 24th of 51

$151

NC $724MT $79.43

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.