How much does emergency room visit (moderate severity) cost in Washington, DC?
Prices below come from each hospital's federally required price file. Most recent hospital file date: April 2, 2026. Last verified by PriceCheck: July 16, 2026. CPT 99284.
Median commercial rates on file run from $147 (Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring) to $2,893 (Inova Fairfax Hospital) — 19.7× apart for the same procedure in the same metro. That spread is why this page exists.
Facility rates by hospital
| Hospital | Cash / self-pay | Commercial | Medicare | Medicaid | Source & file date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The George Washington University HospitalWashington, DC | $1,486 | $2,362median of 4 plans | — | — | hospital fileJanuary 1, 2026 |
| Lowest Holy Cross Hospital-Silver SpringSilver Spring, MD | $253 | $147median of 187 plans | $147median of 150 plans | $147median of 148 plans | hospital fileMarch 31, 2026 |
| MedStar Washington Hospital Center, | $1,762 | $1,201median of 15 plans | $513median of 4 plans | $395median of 4 plans | hospital fileApril 1, 2026 |
| MedStar Georgetown Hospital, | $1,776 | $1,611median of 12 plans | $508median of 3 plans | $395median of 5 plans | hospital fileApril 1, 2026 |
| Children's National HospitalWashington, DC · pediatric | $208 | $1,537median of 10 plans | — | $555median of 11 plans | hospital fileApril 2, 2026 |
| Virginia Hospital Center Arlington Health SystemArlington, VA | $1,262 | $1,097median of 11 plans | $429median of 5 plans | — | hospital fileDecember 16, 2025 |
| Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church, VA | $1,459 | $2,893median of 11 plans | $439median of 6 plans | — | hospital fileApril 1, 2026 |
| Howard University Hospital CorpWashington, DC | $1,077 | $1,229median of 6 plans | $493median of 2 plans | — | hospital fileDecember 31, 2025 |
| Sibley Memorial HospitalWashington, DC | $1,451 | — | $513median of 3 plans | — | hospital fileApril 1, 2026 |
| Suburban HospitalBethesda, MD | $1,167 | — | — | — | hospital fileApril 1, 2026 |
Commercial / Medicare / Medicaid figures are the median of that hospital's listed plan rates in the class. Click a hospital for its full per-plan ledger.
Common questions
How much does emergency room visit (moderate severity) cost without insurance in Washington, DC?
Based on hospital-published price files, discounted cash (self-pay) facility rates for Emergency room visit (moderate severity) in Washington, DC range from $253 at Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring to $1,776 at MedStar Georgetown Hospital (9 hospitals listing a cash rate). Facility rates only — physician, anesthesia, radiology, and pathology bill separately.
Which hospital in Washington, DC lists the lowest price for emergency room visit (moderate severity)?
Comparing each hospital's median commercial-insurance rate in its price file, Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring lists the lowest ($147, median of 187 plan rates) and Inova Fairfax Hospital the highest ($2,893, median of 11 plan rates). What you actually pay depends on your plan's network, deductible, and coinsurance.
Where do these prices come from?
Every price on this page comes directly from the machine-readable file (MRF) each hospital is federally required to publish under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). We show each hospital's file date and link to the source. These are price disclosures, not quotes.