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
ER LEVEL 1
Gilbert, AZ
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Dignity Health’s median price of $160 is 11% above the median hospital's median price ($145), higher than 54% of the 2,575 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: 7 payers, 26 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|dignityhealthemployee fee schedule · outpatient | $29 | $42 | $34 | 81% | — | $9 – $89 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $94 | $83 | $15 | 19% | — | $61 – $94 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $94 | $83 | $15 | 19% | — | $61 – $94 |
| 5 | Cigna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $94 | $83 | $15 | 19% | — | $61 – $94 |
| 6 | First Health medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $94 | $83 | $15 | 19% | 3–30 | $61 – $94 |
| 7 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $94 | $83 | $15 | 19% | 3–30 | $61 – $94 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $96 | $85 | $16 | 19% | — | $63 – $96 |
| 9 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $112 | $163 | $132 | 81% | — | $33 – $345 |
| 10 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $112 | $163 | $132 | 81% | — | $33 – $345 |
| 11 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $160 | $233 | $189 | 81% | — | $47 – $491 |
| 12 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $160 | $233 | $189 | 81% | — | $47 – $491 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|maricopafocus fee schedule · outpatient | $368 | $368 | $160 | 43% | — | $208 – $527 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|neighborhood fee schedule · outpatient | $368 | $368 | $160 | 43% | — | $208 – $527 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $423 | $423 | $215 | 51% | 2–20 | $208 – $638 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|workers comp fee schedule · outpatient | $423 | $423 | $215 | 51% | — | $208 – $638 |
| 17 | Cigna commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $613 | $613 | — | — | — | $613 – $613 |
| 18 | Cigna commercial|localplus surefit case rate · outpatient | $657 | $657 | — | — | — | $657 – $657 |
| 19 | Aetna commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $859 | $859 | — | — | — | $859 – $859 |
| 20 | Aetna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $859 | $859 | — | — | — | $859 – $859 |
| 21 | Aetna commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $859 | $859 | — | — | — | $859 – $859 |
| 22 | Cigna commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $864 | $864 | — | — | — | $864 – $864 |
| 23 | Cigna commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $864 | $864 | — | — | — | $864 – $864 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|navigate case rate · outpatient | $959 | $959 | — | — | — | $959 – $959 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|options ppo case rate · outpatient | $1k | $1k | — | — | — | $1k – $1k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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