Level 3 ER visit cost in Jamestown, NY
In Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for emergency room visit, level 3 of 5, low-complexity problem: from $360.60 to $971.88, with a median of $666.24. The lowest listed price is at UPMC Chautauqua — $305.64 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $374.55 at 62 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 99283, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 14, 2026 and Apr 14, 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 Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Chautauqua lowest Jamestown, NY · (716) 487-0141 ACUITY LEVEL 3 | $360.60 | $601.00 | $70.81–$905.25 | 40% | — source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield, NY HC ED VISIT LEVEL 3 | $971.88 | $1,246.00 | — | 22% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield, NY HC ED VISIT LEVEL 3 | $971.88 | $1,246.00 | $56.00–$629.11 | 22% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $360.60, median $666.24, highest $971.88 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $666.24. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 99283 ($585.50). 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.
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield, NYPR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT LOW MDM | $43.78 | file |