Level 2 ER visit cost in San Jose, CA — inpatient
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for emergency room visit, level 2 of 5, straightforward problem as an inpatient: from $88.50 to $872.48, with a median of $786.62. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care — $698.12 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $747.24 at 98 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 99282, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care lowest Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Emergency Dept Visit Sf Mdm | $88.50 | $177.00 | $42.67–$168.71 | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC EMERGENCY SERVICE-LEVEL 2 | $700.75 | $2,803.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | $872.48 | $1,558.00 | $1,175.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM | $872.48 | $1,558.00 | $1,175.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Emergency Care Lev2 | $1,106.80 | $2,767.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Emergency Care Level 2 Proc | $1,106.80 | $2,767.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $88.50, median $786.62, highest $872.48 — a 9.9× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $786.62 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is 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 second of five emergency department visit levels, used for a simple problem such as a minor injury or a mild infection. 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.