Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
99281 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT FOR PROBLEM OF MILD SEVERITY
Low
$1
Average
$139
Median
$103
High
$3.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $95 | $106 | $35 | 33% | 2,715 | $69 – $491 |
| 2 | Scotland Memorial Hospital Inc. Laurinburg, NC | $39 | $54 | $20 | 37% | 631–658 | $39 – $264 |
| 3 | Hospital Authority of Colquitt County Moultrie, GA | $192 | $381 | $358 | 94% | 385–430 | $18 – $958 |
| 4 | Dignity Community Care Chandler, AZ | $11 | $105 | $175 | 168% | 311–545 | $9 – $1.3k |
| 5 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center GRENADA, MS | $97 | $123 | $59 | 48% | 302–347 | $69 – $273 |
| 6 | Homestead Hospital HOMESTEAD, FL | $97 | $102 | $14 | 14% | 237–318 | $88 – $785 |
| 7 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center CANTON, MS | $95 | $106 | $35 | 33% | 213–258 | $69 – $234 |
| 8 | Dignity Health Camarillo, CA | $150 | $309 | $258 | 84% | 204–213 | $28 – $4.0k |
| 9 | Dignity Health Carmichael, CA | $211 | $255 | $180 | 71% | 156–201 | $11 – $6.9k |
| 10 | University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Iowa City, IA | $43 | $56 | $70 | 123% | 151 | $10 – $581 |
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