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Sedation For A Young Child By A Second Doctor

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 99148

Moderate sedation given to a young child by a doctor other than the one performing the procedure. The medication leaves the child drowsy and comfortable but still breathing on their own, while the sedating doctor's attention stays entirely on monitoring. It covers the first block of sedation time; longer sedation is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sedation For A Young Child By A Second Doctor cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $234 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$145 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$186 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $182 to $513Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $123 to $263
$100$200$500facility $234professional $178

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$512.86
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in Massachusetts than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 11th of 35

$186

MA $417KY $45.71

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.