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 CRITICAL CARE 30-74MIN
Merced, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $1.1k is 11% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 45% of the 2,463 hospitals reporting CPT 99291. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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