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
Emergency Room Visit Level 1
Sioux Falls, SD
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Avera Heart Hospital’s median price of $99 is 31% below the median hospital's median price ($144), higher than 32% of the 2,608 hospitals reporting CPT 99281. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 9 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Healthpartners com percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $68 | $68 | — | — | — | $68 – $68 |
| 2 | Medica ind percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $83 | $83 | — | — | — | $83 – $83 |
| 3 | Medica ind percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $84 | $84 | — | — | — | $84 – $84 |
| 4 | Medica com percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $98 | $98 | — | — | — | $98 – $98 |
| 5 | Medica com percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $99 | $99 | — | — | — | $99 – $99 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare com percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $110 | $110 | — | — | — | $110 – $110 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare com percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $110 | $110 | — | — | 1–10 | $110 – $110 |
| 8 | Wellmark hmo case rate · outpatient | $391 | $391 | — | — | 14 | $391 – $391 |
| 9 | Wellmark ppo case rate · outpatient | $391 | $391 | — | — | 14 | $391 – $391 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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