CPT 99281

Emergency Department E&M

Current code53 hospitals with prices

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Washington hospitals publish for this code

Medicare (traditional): Traditional Medicare. Applies only to people on original Medicare.

Prices for CPT 99281 by hospital
HospitalMedicare (traditional) rates (lowest – highest)Cash priceList price (before discounts)
BHC Fairfax HospitalKirkland—$200$200
Capital Medical CenterOlympiaFile dated 2026-08-27—$240$600
Cascade Medical CenterLeavenworth$2831 planDoctor’s fee: $12.38$391Doctor’s fee: $95.20$489Doctor’s fee: $119
Cascade Valley HospitalArlington—$306$382
Coulee Medical CenterGrand Coulee—$352Doctor’s fee: $68.99$392Doctor’s fee: $76.65
Deaconess Medical CenterSpokaneFile dated 2026-08-27—$144$361
EvergreenHealth Medical CenterKirkland—$458$573
EvergreenHealth MonroeMonroe—$458$573
Harborview Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01—$415$593
Highline Medical CenterBurienFile dated 2026-02-28—$235$769
Island HospitalAnacortes—$39.00 – $250$39.00 – $250
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichlandFile dated 2026-04-01—$273$390
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01—$20.80Doctor’s fee: $13.65 – $20.80$32.00Doctor’s fee: $21.00 – $32.00
Mary Bridge Children's HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27—$240$600
MultiCare Auburn Medical CenterAuburnFile dated 2026-08-27—$240$600
MultiCare Covington Medical CenterCovingtonFile dated 2026-08-27—$240$600
MultiCare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallupFile dated 2026-08-27—$240$600
MultiCare Valley HospitalSpokane ValleyFile dated 2026-08-27—$144$361
Olympic Medical CenterPort AngelesFile dated 2026-06-24—$313$391
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevueFile dated 2026-04-01—$205 – $236$410 – $471
PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical CenterFriday Harbor—$79.30$122
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical CenteVancouver—$306$470
PeaceHealth St John Medical CenterLongview—$320$493
PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical CenterBellingham—$291$448
PeaceHealth United General Medical CenterSedro Woolley—$230$354
Prov Sacred HRT Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.SpokaneFile dated 2026-04-01—$224 – $236$320 – $337
Providence Centralia HospitalCentraliaFile dated 2026-04-01—$284$547
Providence Holy Family HospitalSpokaneFile dated 2026-04-01—$335 – $358$478 – $511
Providence Mount Carmel HospitalColvilleFile dated 2026-04-01—$41.30 – $129$59.00 – $184
Providence Regional Medical Center EverettEverettFile dated 2026-04-01—$222$426
Providence St Joseph HospitalChewelahFile dated 2026-04-01—$41.30 – $144$59.00 – $206
Providence St Mary Medical CenterWalla WallaFile dated 2026-04-01—$36.40 – $350$52.00 – $500
Providence St Peter HospitalOlympiaFile dated 2026-04-01—$284$547
Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle—$505$47.00 – $505
Skagit Valley HospitalMount Vernon—$364$455
St Anthony HospitalGig HarborFile dated 2026-02-28—$234$769
St Clare HospitalLakewoodFile dated 2026-02-28—$222$769
St Elizabeth HospitalEnumclawFile dated 2026-02-28—$272$769
St Francis Community HospitalFederal WayFile dated 2026-02-28—$241$769
St Joseph Medical CenterTacomaFile dated 2026-02-28—$255$769
St Michael Medical CenterSilverdaleFile dated 2026-02-28—$339$769
Swedish Edmonds HospitalEdmondsFile dated 2026-04-01———
Swedish IssaquahIssaquahFile dated 2026-04-01—$160 – $216$333 – $450
Swedish Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01—$160 – $216$333 – $450
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01—$160 – $216$333 – $450
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27—$240$600
Three Rivers HospitalBrewster$11.03 – $1832 plansDoctor’s fee: $11.03 – $12.69$271Doctor’s fee: $147$271Doctor’s fee: $147
Trios HealthKennewick$91.155 plans—$487
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01—$336$480
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle—$253$496
Wellfound Behavioral Health HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27———
WhidbeyHealth Medical CenterCoupeville—$49.00 – $160Doctor’s fee: $160 – $500$49.00 – $160Doctor’s fee: $160 – $500
Yakima Valley MemorialYakimaFile dated 2026-08-27—$170$425

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. A doctor’s fee is shown separately when the hospital lists one with the code. “At least” means plans were counted in more than one group and some may be the same plan. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Medicare (traditional) reference

Only for people on original Medicare. These are CMS’s 2026 amounts. They aren’t what private insurance or cash patients pay.

Doctor's fee, Seattle (King County)
$11.64 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington
$10.98 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national)
$86.15 (APC 5021)

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 99281:

  • 99281P (with a letter after it, P; 4 price lines)