Level 5 ER visit cost in Fort Wayne, IN — inpatient
In Fort Wayne, IN, 5 hospitals list a cash price for emergency room visit, level 5 of 5, high-complexity problem as an inpatient: from $154.08 to $3,211.00, with a median of $235.40. The lowest listed price is at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana — $81.32 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $1,779.00 at 61 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 99285, 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 Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana lowest Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 99285,25 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $154.08 | $428.00 | $107.85–$385.20 | 64% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana lowest Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 99285 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $154.08 | $428.00 | $107.85–$385.20 | 64% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 99285,25 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $192.60 | $428.00 | $127.12–$385.20 | 55% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 99285 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $192.60 | $428.00 | $127.12–$385.20 | 55% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 99285 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $235.40 | $428.00 | $127.97–$385.20 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 99285,25 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $235.40 | $428.00 | $127.97–$385.20 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 99285 - Level 5 | $1,878.48 | $5,218.00 | $1,314.82–$4,696.20 | 64% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 99285 - Level 5 | $2,076.25 | $3,775.00 | $1,128.72–$3,397.50 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 OB ED Evaluation - Level 5 - Higher Level Visit | $2,178.45 | $4,841.00 | $1,437.78–$4,356.90 | 55% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 99285 - Level 5 | $2,178.45 | $4,841.00 | $1,437.78–$4,356.90 | 55% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Whitley Hospital Columbia City, IN · (260) 248-9301 HC ED LEVEL 5 | $3,057.00 | $6,114.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 266-1195 HC ED LEVEL 5 | $3,211.00 | $6,422.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 Trauma Notification Level - No Prior Notification | $6,901.56 | $19,171.00 | $4,830.65–$17,253.90 | 64% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $154.08, median $235.40, highest $3,211.00 — a 20.8× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,565.40 — 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 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.
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN99285,25 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $115.56 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN99285 EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT | $115.56 | file |