Doctor visits and therapy CPT 99281 Outpatient

Level 1 ER visit cost in Lake Havasu City, AZ

In Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ, 4 hospitals list a cash price for emergency room visit, level 1 of 5, minor problem that may not need a doctor: from $24.15 to $897.58, with a median of $302.41. The lowest listed price is at Kingman Regional Medical Center — $278.26 less than the median here. Across Arizona, the median is $239.28 at 47 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 99281, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Aug 14, 2026.

Lowest$24.15Kingman Regional Medical Center
Median$302.41half pay less
Highest$897.58in this market
Difference37.2×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ.

median
Lowest $24.15Highest $897.58

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Kingman Regional Medical Center lowest Kingman, AZ · (928) 757-2101 Emergency department visit for problem that may not require health care professional $24.15 $69.00 $9.82–$69.00 65% Aug 14, 2026
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Kingman Regional Medical Center Kingman, AZ · (928) 757-2101 Emergency department visit for problem that may not require health care professional $177.45 $507.00 $89.98–$557.70 65% Aug 14, 2026
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Western Arizona Regional Medical Center Bullhead City, AZ · (928) 763-2273 BRIEF ED VISIT $185.64 $1,547.02 $10.81–$1,392.32 88% Apr 1, 2026
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Havasu Regional Medical Center Lake Havasu City, AZ · (928) 855-8185 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management of a patient that may not require the presence of a physician or other qualified health care professional $419.17 $698.61 $93.85–$698.61 40% —
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Valley View Medical Center Fort Mohave, AZ · (928) 788-2273 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management of a patient that may not require the presence of a physician or other qualified health care professional $897.58 $1,495.97 $259.50 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $24.15, median $302.41, highest $897.58 — a 37.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $251.16. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This is the lowest of five emergency department visit levels, used for a minor problem that needs little care. Since 2023 this level may apply even when no physician or similar clinician needs to see the patient. The level is assigned after the visit: doctors pick it by the complexity of their medical decision making, and hospitals pick the facility level by the care and resources used, so a patient cannot choose it in advance.

What the price covers

The hospital price for this code is the facility fee for the ER visit. The emergency physician bills separately, and lab tests, imaging, medicines and procedures are added on top.