Quanto Costa Visita al pronto soccorso?
An emergency room visit covers the facility fee and physician charges for evaluation and treatment of urgent medical conditions. Costs vary widely based on severity and treatments required. This represents an average moderate-severity visit.
Senza Assicurazione
$2,200
Con Assicurazione
$700
Medicare
$500
Media Nazionale
$1,600
By Elena Bellini, MPH, Health Policy & Management · Last reviewed 2026-04-21 ·
Sources: CMS Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data 2025 · Methodology · Editorial standards Panoramica
An emergency room visit covers the facility, physician, and ancillary services used to evaluate and treat an acute medical problem. Every ER visit generates at least two charges: a facility (hospital) fee billed at one of five acuity levels and a physician professional fee for the ER doctor. On top of that, imaging, labs, IV fluids, medications, specialty consults, procedures (lacerations repaired, dislocations reduced, IV antibiotics), and observation status can each add their own line items. The average moderate-severity visit reflected in price data is the most common billing level, but a severe visit with CT imaging, cardiac workup, or admission review can run several times higher. ER pricing is also notoriously opaque — facility fees vary widely between hospital systems even in the same city. Freestanding emergency departments (not attached to a hospital) often bill like full ERs. Urgent care is almost always cheaper for non-life-threatening conditions.
Cosa influenza il costo
- Facility (hospital) fee level: ERs bill one of five E&M levels; each step up substantially increases the charge even before any procedures are added.
- Imaging ordered: CT scans are especially expensive and commonly drive 30-50% of a moderate visit's total cost.
- Lab panels: chemistry, CBC, troponin, coagulation, and specialty panels each carry their own CPT codes.
- Procedures performed: laceration repair, splinting, IV medications, and cardiac monitoring each add charges.
- Specialty consults: cardiology, neurology, or surgery consults in the ED trigger separate professional fees.
- Observation vs admission: being placed under observation status (rather than admitted) has different cost-sharing implications, especially under Medicare.
Come Risparmiare
- Use urgent care or a retail clinic for non-life-threatening issues — sore throat, mild burns, sprains, simple UTIs — where costs are a fraction of ER pricing.
- Avoid freestanding emergency departments for minor issues; they bill at hospital ER rates despite looking like urgent care centers.
- Ask for an itemized bill; duplicate charges, mispriced supplies, and erroneous codes are common in ER billing.
- Apply for hospital financial assistance (charity care) — nonprofit hospitals must offer it, and many discount aggressively for uninsured patients.
- Negotiate the facility fee with billing before it goes to collections; prompt-pay discounts of 20-40% are routine.
- If you have insurance, the No Surprises Act protects you from balance billing by out-of-network ER physicians at in-network facilities.
Note su assicurazione e copertura
ACA-compliant plans and Medicare treat emergency services as covered regardless of network status for the ER visit itself; the No Surprises Act limits balance billing by out-of-network ER physicians and ancillary providers. That said, the facility fee, deductible, and coinsurance still apply. Medicare Part B covers ER physician services (20% coinsurance after deductible); Medicare Part A kicks in if the visit results in inpatient admission. Commercial plans typically have an ER copay (often $150-$500) plus deductible and coinsurance; some plans waive the copay if the patient is admitted. Observation status is billed under outpatient rules even if it feels like admission — a nuance that matters for Medicare.
Data sources for this page
Cost figures on this page are compiled from the following sources, triangulated per the rules in our methodology:
- CMS Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data 2025 — primary CMS reference used as the Medicare-rate anchor.
- Hospital Price Transparency machine-readable files (HPT MRFs) from a sample of major hospitals in each state, per the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule.
- Transparency in Coverage payer in-network rate files for commercial-rate cross-validation.
- State All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) summaries where published (Colorado, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Maine, Utah, Vermont, Rhode Island, Washington, Oregon).
Last reviewed 2026-04-21. See editorial standards for our fact-checking process and correction policy.
Range: $1,610 to $3,040 · 50 states shown
Costo per Stato
| Stato | Senza Assicurazione | Con Assicurazione | Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | $1,610 | $515 | $370 |
| Arkansas | $1,650 | $528 | $379 |
| West Virginia | $1,650 | $528 | $379 |
| Oklahoma | $1,680 | $538 | $386 |
| Alabama | $1,700 | $544 | $390 |
| Kentucky | $1,860 | $595 | $428 |
| Louisiana | $1,900 | $608 | $437 |
| Iowa | $1,930 | $618 | $444 |
| New Mexico | $1,930 | $618 | $444 |
| South Carolina | $1,930 | $618 | $444 |
| South Dakota | $1,930 | $618 | $444 |
| Kansas | $1,960 | $627 | $451 |
| North Dakota | $1,960 | $627 | $451 |
| Idaho | $1,980 | $634 | $455 |
| Nebraska | $1,980 | $634 | $455 |
| Tennessee | $1,980 | $634 | $455 |
| Indiana | $2,050 | $656 | $471 |
| Missouri | $2,050 | $656 | $471 |
| Utah | $2,050 | $656 | $471 |
| Wyoming | $2,050 | $656 | $471 |
| Georgia | $2,070 | $662 | $476 |
| North Carolina | $2,070 | $662 | $476 |
| Michigan | $2,090 | $669 | $481 |
| Montana | $2,090 | $669 | $481 |
| Arizona | $2,150 | $688 | $494 |
| Ohio | $2,160 | $691 | $497 |
| Wisconsin | $2,160 | $691 | $497 |
| Maine | $2,180 | $698 | $501 |
| Texas | $2,200 | $704 | $506 |
| Florida | $2,240 | $717 | $515 |
| Minnesota | $2,240 | $717 | $515 |
| Illinois | $2,260 | $723 | $519 |
| Pennsylvania | $2,260 | $723 | $519 |
| Delaware | $2,290 | $733 | $527 |
| Nevada | $2,290 | $733 | $527 |
| Vermont | $2,290 | $733 | $527 |
| Virginia | $2,290 | $733 | $527 |
| Colorado | $2,340 | $749 | $538 |
| New Hampshire | $2,340 | $749 | $538 |
| Oregon | $2,360 | $755 | $543 |
| Maryland | $2,420 | $774 | $556 |
| Rhode Island | $2,460 | $787 | $566 |
| Washington | $2,460 | $787 | $566 |
| Connecticut | $2,640 | $845 | $607 |
| New Jersey | $2,640 | $845 | $607 |
| California | $2,900 | $928 | $667 |
| Massachusetts | $2,930 | $938 | $674 |
| Alaska | $2,970 | $950 | $682 |
| New York | $2,990 | $957 | $687 |
| Hawaii | $3,040 | $973 | $699 |
Domande Frequenti
Quanto costa visita al pronto soccorso senza assicurazione?
Il costo medio di visita al pronto soccorso senza assicurazione negli Stati Uniti è $2,200. I costi variano significativamente per stato.
L'assicurazione copre visita al pronto soccorso?
La maggior parte dei piani assicurativi sanitari copre visita al pronto soccorso quando medicalmente necessario. Con assicurazione, il costo medio a carico del paziente è $700.
Medicare copre visita al pronto soccorso?
Medicare Parte B copre generalmente visita al pronto soccorso su prescrizione medica. L'importo medio approvato da Medicare è $500.
Revisionato da Elena Bellini · Ultima revisione: 2026-04-21
Dati provenienti da CMS Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data 2025. Ultimo aggiornamento: 2026-03-01. Queste informazioni sono solo a scopo educativo e non costituiscono consulenza medica. Questo sito web è solo a scopo informativo e non costituisce consulenza medica. Consultare sempre un professionista sanitario qualificato.