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Emergency Room - Urgent Care

California rates for RC 0456

Emergency Room-Urgent Care

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Emergency Room - Urgent Care cost?

$3,388

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,344 to $7,943.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $12,023
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,388

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
$165.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$12,022.64
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$15,848.93
HealthNet
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,311.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$16,218.10

Where California sits

The same service costs 218.8 times more in Montana than in South Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

California $3,388 · 3rd of 41
MT $21,878SD $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.