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Emergency Room

Pennsylvania rates for RC 0450

Emergency Room-General Classification

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Emergency Room cost?

$1,175

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $708 to $1,585.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175

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
$371.54
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,025.60
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,585.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,905.46
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Optum
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 75.9 times more in Idaho than in South Dakota. 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.

Pennsylvania· 19th of 46

$1,175

ID $7,586SD $100

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.