Emergency department visit at Dignity Health

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.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

ER LEVEL 1

Bakersfield, CA

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Dignity Health’s median price of $244 is 69% above the median hospital's median price ($144), higher than 71% of the 2,608 hospitals reporting CPT 99281. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 99281 at Dignity Health

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 30 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	Anthem medicaid\|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
2	Anthem medicaid\|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
3	Kaiser medicaid\|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
4	Kaiser medicaid\|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
5	Molina medicaid\|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
6	Molina medicaid\|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
7	Aetna medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$112	$112	—	—	—	$112 – $112
8	Anthem medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$112	$112	—	—	—	$112 – $112
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare\|all plans case rate · outpatient	$112	$112	—	—	—	$112 – $112
10	Humana medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$112	$112	—	—	—	$112 – $112
11	Kaiser medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$112	$112	—	—	—	$112 – $112
12	UnitedHealthcare medicare\|all plans case rate · outpatient	$112	$112	—	—	—	$112 – $112
13	Kaiser commercial\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$251	$251	—	—	14	$251 – $251
14	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial\|exchange fee schedule · outpatient	$256	$256	$20	8%	—	$237 – $276
15	First Health commercial\|all plans fee schedule · inpatient	$309	$309	$24	8%	—	$286 – $333
16	First Health commercial\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$309	$309	$24	8%	—	$286 – $333
17	Aetna commercial\|hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$314	$314	$24	8%	—	$290 – $338
18	Aetna commercial\|ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$332	$332	$26	8%	—	$306 – $357
19	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$332	$332	$26	8%	—	$306 – $357
20	MultiPlan commercial\|all plans fee schedule · inpatient	$354	$354	$27	8%	—	$326 – $381
21	MultiPlan commercial\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$354	$354	$27	8%	—	$326 – $381
22	Cigna commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$362	$362	$28	8%	—	$335 – $390
23	Cigna commercial\|ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$362	$362	$28	8%	—	$335 – $390
24	Anthem commercial\|exchange case rate · outpatient	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k
25	Anthem commercial\|all other plans case rate · outpatient	$1.7k	$1.7k	—	—	—	$1.7k – $1.7k

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Last updated: Feb 28, 2026

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