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Level 5 Type B Emergency Department Visit

North Carolina rates for HCPCS G0384

Level 5 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 5 Type B Emergency Department Visit cost?

$871

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $288 to $977.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $275 to $617Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $240 to $977
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $302professional $871

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in North Carolina than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

North Carolina $871 · 1st of 51
NC $871RI $191

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.