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Moderate Sedation By A Second Doctor

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 99149

Moderate sedation given to an older child, teenager, or adult by a doctor other than the one performing the procedure. The medication leaves the patient drowsy and comfortable but still breathing without help and able to respond, while the sedating doctor's attention stays on monitoring. It covers the first block of sedation time; longer sedation is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Moderate Sedation By A Second Doctor cost?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $224 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$166$135 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$174 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $170 to $479Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $115 to $245
$100$200$500facility $224professional $166

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
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$67.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Massachusetts than in Indiana. 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· 8th of 35

$174

MA $316IN $37.15

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.