No Surprises Act – looking for confirmation/clarification on a few things

I'm having trouble finding confirmation/clarification on a few things related to the No Surprises Act that went into effect a couple of years ago protecting people against some types of balance/surprise billing. Maybe we can clear up my uncertainty here. For background, here are a couple of US govt pages with info on the topic:

https://www.cms.gov/medical-bill-rights/know-your-rights

https://www.cms.gov/medical-bill-rights/know-your-rights/using-insurance

Is all out-of-network emergency room care covered by billing protections in the legislation? Or does it only include situations where the patient is in bad enough shape that an ambulance/paramedics decided where to take them? What if the there is no ambulance involved and the patient decided on their own where to go?

On the linked pages, there doesn't seem to be any distinction as to how the patient arrived at the emergency room, other than to say that ground ambulance services are not covered by the legislation (just to be clear, I'm not wondering about ground ambulance services). Can anyone confirm?

What if the patient is admitted to an out-of-network hospital? And maybe has surgery? Would the room fees and physician/surgeon fees be covered by billing protections in the legislation?

The second linked page seems to indicate that this is covered, as it says that "post-stabilization" care/services is protected. It further states that you may get these services in the emergency room or in another department in the hospital. Can anyone confirm?

Is any urgent care included in this?

I don't see urgent care included anywhere. Can anyone confirm? If it's not and you have a situation that would better fit urgent care than emergency room, I guess you could potentially be better off going to an out-of-network emergency room if you're traveling and don't have any in-network urgent care places nearby. submitted by /u/King_Hippo_444
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