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Professional Fees - Emergency Room

California rates for RC 0981

Professional Fees (Extension of 096X and 097X)-Emergency Room

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Professional Fees - Emergency Room cost?

$100

Typical facility fee. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $85.11 to $257.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $79 to $575
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $100

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
Ambetter
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
HealthNet
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$24,547.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13

Where California sits

The same service costs 162.2 times more in Utah than in Louisiana. 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 31

$100

UT $4,571LA $28.18

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.