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
HC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT LEVEL 1 VISIT LIMITED/MINOR PROB
Boulder, CO
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Boulder Community Health’s median price of $289 is 101% above the median hospital's median price ($144), higher than 75% 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: 10 payers, 45 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 managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $9 | $9 | — | — | — | $9 – $9 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · case rate · both | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 3 | Anthem medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 4 | Devoted medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 5 | Humana medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 6 | Kaiser medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $14 | $14 | — | — | — | $14 – $14 |
| 7 | Anthem commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $14 | $16 | $2 | 14% | — | $14 – $20 |
| 8 | Cigna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 9 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 10 | MultiPlan commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 11 | Phcs commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 12 | Kaiser commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 13 | Anthem managed care professional · fee schedule · both | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 14 | Cigna commercial professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $37 | $37 | — | — | — | $37 – $37 |
| 16 | Aetna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $43 | $43 | — | — | — | $43 – $43 |
| 17 | Aetna ppo professional · fee schedule · both | $43 | $43 | — | — | — | $43 – $43 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $50 | $50 | $39 | 78% | — | $11 – $90 |
| 19 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $90 | $90 | — | — | — | $90 – $90 |
| 20 | Anthem medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $90 | $90 | — | — | — | $90 – $90 |
| 21 | Humana medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $92 | $92 | — | — | — | $92 – $92 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $92 | $92 | — | — | — | $92 – $92 |
| 23 | Kaiser medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $92 | $92 | $0 | 0% | — | $92 – $93 |
| 24 | Devoted medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $93 | $93 | — | — | — | $93 – $93 |
| 25 | Anthem commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $201 | $228 | $55 | 24% | — | $174 – $319 |
Last updated: Sep 16, 2026
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