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

Mt Shasta, CA

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Dignity Health’s median price of $642 is 346% above the median hospital's median price ($144), higher than 94% 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: 8 payers, 25 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\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$30	$30	—	—	—	$30 – $30
2	Aetna medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$188	$188	—	—	—	$188 – $188
3	Anthem medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$188	$188	—	—	—	$188 – $188
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$188	$188	—	—	—	$188 – $188
5	Humana medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$188	$188	—	—	—	$188 – $188
6	Kaiser medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$188	$188	—	—	—	$188 – $188
7	UnitedHealthcare medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$188	$188	—	—	—	$188 – $188
8	Anthem commercial\|exchange fee schedule · outpatient	$525	$525	—	—	—	$525 – $525
9	Anthem commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$642	$642	—	—	—	$642 – $642
10	Cigna commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · inpatient	$642	$642	—	—	—	$642 – $642
11	Cigna commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$642	$642	—	—	—	$642 – $642
12	Cigna commercial\|ppo fee schedule · inpatient	$642	$642	—	—	—	$642 – $642
13	Cigna commercial\|ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$642	$642	—	—	—	$642 – $642
14	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|hmo fee schedule · inpatient	$673	$673	—	—	—	$673 – $673
15	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$673	$673	—	—	—	$673 – $673
16	Aetna commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$681	$681	—	—	—	$681 – $681
17	Aetna commercial\|hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$681	$681	—	—	—	$681 – $681
18	Aetna commercial\|ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$681	$681	—	—	—	$681 – $681
19	Aetna commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · inpatient	$689	$689	—	—	—	$689 – $689
20	Aetna commercial\|hmo fee schedule · inpatient	$689	$689	—	—	—	$689 – $689
21	Aetna commercial\|ppo fee schedule · inpatient	$689	$689	—	—	—	$689 – $689
22	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · inpatient	$689	$689	—	—	—	$689 – $689
23	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$689	$689	—	—	—	$689 – $689
24	MultiPlan commercial\|all plans fee schedule · inpatient	$767	$767	—	—	—	$767 – $767
25	MultiPlan commercial\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$767	$767	—	—	—	$767 – $767

Last updated: Feb 28, 2026

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