Level 5 ER visit cost in El Paso, TX
In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for emergency room visit, level 5 of 5, high-complexity problem: from $336.60 to $780.25, with a median of $780.25. The lowest listed price is at El Paso Children's Hospital — $443.65 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $2,327.80 at 98 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 99285, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in El Paso, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 TRAUMA LEVEL I WITH EVAL | $336.60 | $1,683.00 | $153.68–$1,346.40 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 TRAUMA LEVEL I W/PX EVAL | $336.60 | $1,683.00 | $153.68–$1,346.40 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 TRAUMA LEVEL I | $336.60 | $1,683.00 | $153.68–$1,346.40 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 CH ER LEVEL 5 W/MOD 99285 HIGH | $420.80 | $2,104.00 | $153.68–$1,683.20 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 LND OB TRIAGE 99285 | $780.25 | $3,901.23 | $165.63–$2,574.81 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX LND OB TRIAGE 99285 | $780.25 | $3,901.23 | $165.63–$2,574.81 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 ER LEVEL5/99285 HIGH SEVERITY | $966.00 | $4,830.00 | $153.68–$3,864.00 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 TRAUMA LEVEL I WITH PARTIAL | $1,024.07 | $5,120.37 | $165.63–$3,379.44 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 TRAUMA LEVEL I WITH FULL ACT | $1,024.07 | $5,120.37 | $165.63–$3,379.44 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 EDN ACUITY LEVEL I | $1,024.07 | $5,120.37 | $165.63–$3,379.44 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 EDE ACUITY LEVEL I | $1,024.07 | $5,120.37 | $165.63–$3,379.44 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ACUITY LEVEL I | $1,024.07 | $5,120.37 | $165.63–$3,379.44 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX TRAUMA LEVEL I WITH PARTIAL | $1,024.07 | $5,120.37 | $165.63–$3,379.44 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX TRAUMA LEVEL I WITH FULL ACT | $1,024.07 | $5,120.37 | $165.63–$3,379.44 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX EDN ACUITY LEVEL I | $1,024.07 | $5,120.37 | $165.63–$3,379.44 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX EDE ACUITY LEVEL I | $1,024.07 | $5,120.37 | $165.63–$3,379.44 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ACUITY LEVEL I | $1,024.07 | $5,120.37 | $165.63–$3,379.44 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SH EDE ACUITY LEVEL V | $1,375.19 | $6,875.93 | $165.63–$4,538.11 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 TRAUMA LEVEL I WITH EVAL | $1,516.14 | $7,580.72 | $165.63–$5,003.28 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 TRAUMA LEVEL I | $1,516.14 | $7,580.72 | $165.63–$5,003.28 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX TRAUMA LEVEL I WITH EVAL | $1,516.14 | $7,580.72 | $165.63–$5,003.28 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX TRAUMA LEVEL I | $1,516.14 | $7,580.72 | $165.63–$5,003.28 | 80% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $336.60, median $780.25, highest $780.25 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $780.25. 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 highest of five emergency department visit levels, used for a serious problem that needs complex evaluation and treatment, often with a hospital admission or transfer. 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 99285 ($1,499.40). 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.
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXPRO emergency department visit with high level mdm | $116.57 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXPRO emergency department visit with high level mdm | $116.57 | file |