Emergency visit, high (level 4) at Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center. CPT 99284.

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

$720cash price (self-pay)

$2,768list price

$361–$2,307range insurers pay

Insurance plan	Negotiated rate
[AmeriHealth Caritas] \| [MA]	$361
[Highmark Wholecare] \| [MA]	$361
[Geisinger] \| [CHIP]	$382
[Health Partners Plans] \| [CHIP]	$395
[PA Health & Wellness] \| [MA]	$397
[Health Partners Plans] \| [MA]	$407
[Highmark] \| [Medicare]	$420
[AmeriHealth Caritas] \| [Medicare]	$424
[CBC] \| [Medicare]	$424
[Geisinger] \| [Medicare]	$424
[Highmark] \| [CHIP]	$424
[Highmark Wholecare] \| [Medicare]	$424
[IBC] \| [Medicare]	$424
[UHC] \| [Medicare]	$424
[Aetna] \| [Medicare]	$429
[HealthSpring] \| [Medicare]	$429
[Humana] \| [Medicare]	$429
[Health Partners Plans] \| [Medicare]	$433
[UPMC] \| [Medicare]	$433
[PA Health & Wellness] \| [Medicare]	$437
[Point Comfort Underwriters] \| [Medicare]	$530
[Aetna Better Health] \| [CHIP]	$711
[Upmc] \| [MA]	$998
[UHC] \| [Chip]	$1,088
[Upmc] \| [Chip]	$1,174
[Cbc] \| [Chip]	$1,244
[IBC] \| [Comm]	$1,376
[Aetna] \| [Comm]	$1,393
[Aetna Signature Administrators] \| [Comm]	$1,414
[CBC] \| [Comm]	$1,463

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