Emergency visit, moderate (level 3) at Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center. CPT 99283.

What Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated March 27, 2026.

Outpatient / ER

$468cash price (self-pay)

$1,800list price

$236–$1,509range insurers pay

Insurance plan	Negotiated rate
[AmeriHealth Caritas] \| [MA]	$236
[Highmark Wholecare] \| [MA]	$236
[Geisinger] \| [CHIP]	$250
[Health Partners Plans] \| [CHIP]	$258
[PA Health & Wellness] \| [MA]	$260
[Health Partners Plans] \| [MA]	$267
[Highmark] \| [Medicare]	$275
[AmeriHealth Caritas] \| [Medicare]	$278
[CBC] \| [Medicare]	$278
[Geisinger] \| [Medicare]	$278
[Highmark] \| [CHIP]	$278
[Highmark Wholecare] \| [Medicare]	$278
[IBC] \| [Medicare]	$278
[UHC] \| [Medicare]	$278
[Aetna] \| [Medicare]	$280
[HealthSpring] \| [Medicare]	$280
[Humana] \| [Medicare]	$280
[Health Partners Plans] \| [Medicare]	$283
[UPMC] \| [Medicare]	$283
[PA Health & Wellness] \| [Medicare]	$286
[Point Comfort Underwriters] \| [Medicare]	$347
[Aetna Better Health] \| [CHIP]	$463
[Upmc] \| [MA]	$649
[UHC] \| [Chip]	$707
[Upmc] \| [Chip]	$763
[Cbc] \| [Chip]	$809
[IBC] \| [Comm]	$895
[Aetna] \| [Comm]	$906
[Aetna Signature Administrators] \| [Comm]	$919
[CBC] \| [Comm]	$951

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