Level 3 ER visit cost in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 5 hospitals list a cash price for emergency room visit, level 3 of 5, low-complexity problem: from $403.68 to $1,186.50, with a median of $546.60. The lowest listed price is at Bluffton Regional Medical Center — $142.92 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $776.40 at 61 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 99283, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. 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 Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center lowest Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 99283 - Level 3 | $403.68 | $1,682.00 | $64.70–$2,141.00 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 OB ED Evaluation - Level 3 - Mid Level Visit | $494.37 | $1,831.00 | $64.70–$2,269.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 99283 - Level 3 | $494.37 | $1,831.00 | $64.70–$2,269.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 99283 - Level 3 | $546.60 | $1,822.00 | $64.70–$2,269.00 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Whitley Hospital Columbia City, IN · (260) 248-9301 HC ED LEVEL 3 | $1,129.50 | $2,259.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 266-1195 HC ED LEVEL 3 | $1,186.50 | $2,373.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $403.68, median $546.60, highest $1,186.50 — a 2.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $111.25. 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 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 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 middle of five emergency department visit levels, used for a problem of low complexity, for example one that needs a few basic tests. 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.
8 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 99283 ($584.50). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN99283 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $45.84 | file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN99283,25 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $45.84 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN99283,25 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $51.57 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN99283 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $51.57 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN99283,25 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $51.57 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN99283 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $51.57 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN99283 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $57.30 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN99283,25 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $57.30 | file |