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ER Visit Cost by City

Compare emergency room cost data across supported metro areas. ERcost uses hospital price transparency files to show published cash prices, gross charges, Medicare reference rates, source freshness, and ER visit level context.

ER Level 4 Cash Price by Metro

Compare average cash prices for a level 4 emergency-room visit across supported metro areas.

We use ER level 4 because it is generally the more commonly used ER visit level now, especially in commercial claims. Bars show metro average cash-price midpoints from synced hospital price transparency records.

Orlando

13 ER locations

7 ER locations have cash price data

$6,843

San Jose

8 ER locations

5 ER locations have cash price data

$4,817

Tampa Bay

28 ER locations

24 ER locations have cash price data

$4,174

San Francisco Bay Area

36 ER locations

28 ER locations have cash price data

$3,844

Sacramento

15 ER locations

12 ER locations have cash price data

$3,743

San Diego

14 ER locations

10 ER locations have cash price data

$3,706

Jacksonville

13 ER locations

8 ER locations have cash price data

$3,022

Kansas City

30 ER locations

7 ER locations have cash price data

$2,910

Miami

49 ER locations

27 ER locations have cash price data

$2,830

New York City

116 ER locations

40 ER locations have cash price data

$2,666

San Antonio

16 ER locations

11 ER locations have cash price data

$2,601

Columbus

18 ER locations

15 ER locations have cash price data

$2,106

Houston

82 ER locations

75 ER locations have cash price data

$2,093

Salt Lake City

11 ER locations

11 ER locations have cash price data

$2,045

Austin

21 ER locations

18 ER locations have cash price data

$1,959

Riverside-San Bernardino

34 ER locations

18 ER locations have cash price data

$1,934

Los Angeles

68 ER locations

34 ER locations have cash price data

$1,918

Cincinnati

21 ER locations

6 ER locations have cash price data

$1,845

Dallas-Fort Worth

90 ER locations

81 ER locations have cash price data

$1,755

St. Louis

33 ER locations

8 ER locations have cash price data

$1,683

Chicago

83 ER locations

52 ER locations have cash price data

$1,561

Philadelphia

44 ER locations

20 ER locations have cash price data

$1,554

Seattle

28 ER locations

25 ER locations have cash price data

$1,438

Charlotte

19 ER locations

9 ER locations have cash price data

$1,342

Phoenix

37 ER locations

19 ER locations have cash price data

$1,303

Portland

16 ER locations

9 ER locations have cash price data

$1,233

Raleigh

4 ER locations

1 ER location has cash price data

$1,213

Cleveland

20 ER locations

9 ER locations have cash price data

$1,150

Atlanta

29 ER locations

18 ER locations have cash price data

$993

Pittsburgh

29 ER locations

19 ER locations have cash price data

$827

Baltimore

19 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Boston

41 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Denver

22 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Detroit

34 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Indianapolis

23 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Las Vegas

17 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Louisville

11 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Memphis

9 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Milwaukee

16 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Minneapolis-St. Paul

28 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Nashville

21 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Oklahoma City

26 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Providence

14 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Richmond

9 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Virginia Beach

12 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

Washington, DC

37 ER locations

Data unavailable at this moment

Unavailable

ER cost questions this hub answers

What is the average ER cost?

ERcost compares published emergency department visit levels, especially level 4, because the facility visit level appears on ER facility bills. A final bill can include more services than the facility visit level alone.

What is the emergency room cost without insurance?

The city cost guides show cash price data when hospitals publish it. Uninsured or self-pay patients should also ask the hospital about financial assistance and self-pay discounts because the published cash price is not a guaranteed final bill.

How much does it cost to go to ER?

The cost to go to the ER depends on the facility fee, clinician bill, tests, imaging, medications, ambulance transport, insurance terms, and financial assistance. Use ERcost city guides to compare published facility-level ER visit cost data near you.