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Other Emergency Room

California rates for RC 0459

Emergency Room-Other Emergency Room

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Other Emergency Room cost?

$3,090

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,820 to $8,318.

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 $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $10,233
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,090

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
$1,348.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,232.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$17,378.01
HealthNet
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,606.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where California 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.

California· 2nd of 44

$3,090

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.