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Additional Time Of Moderate Sedation

Colorado rates for HCPCS 99153

This covers extra time of moderate sedation, medicine given to keep a patient relaxed and comfortable during a procedure while still able to respond to voice or touch, beyond the initial period already covered separately. It is billed alongside a procedure performed by the same clinician giving the sedation, reflecting added monitoring time rather than a separate service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional Time Of Moderate Sedation cost?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 7 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$13.49$10.96 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$18.20 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $13 to $178Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50$100$200facility $38professional $13

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.99
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$29.51

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in West Virginia 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.

Colorado· 28th of 51

$14.79

WV $61.66KY $10.72

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.