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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ER LVL 6 VISIT CRITICAL 30-74
Birmingham, AL
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University of Alabama Hospital’s median price of $3.0k is 153% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 83% of the 2,559 hospitals reporting CPT 99291. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 16 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 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $694.04 | $694.04 | $694.04 – $694.04 |
| 2 | Bcbs Al medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $754.39 | $754.39 | $754.39 – $754.39 |
| 3 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $754.39 | $754.39 | $754.39 – $754.39 |
| 4 | Cigna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $807.20 | $807.20 | $807.20 – $807.20 |
| 5 | Humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $814.74 | $814.74 | $814.74 – $814.74 |
| 6 | Ambetter commercial-exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,037 | $1,037 | $1,037 – $1,037 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,048 | $2,048 | $2,048 – $2,048 |
| 8 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,297 | $2,297 | $2,297 – $2,297 |
| 9 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,297 | $2,297 | $2,297 – $2,297 |
| 10 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,523 | $2,523 | $2,523 – $2,523 |
| 11 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,523 | $2,523 | $2,523 – $2,523 |
| 12 | Cigna new business facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,872 | $2,872 | $2,872 – $2,872 |
| 13 | MultiPlan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,088 | $3,088 | $3,088 – $3,088 |
| 14 | MultiPlan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,088 | $3,088 | $3,088 – $3,088 |
| 15 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,201 | $3,201 | $3,201 – $3,201 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,353 | $3,353 | $3,353 – $3,353 |
Last updated: Feb 19, 2026
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