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Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider

Colorado rates for HCPCS 99157

This covers each additional block of time that a separate qualified provider spends administering sedation medication and monitoring a patient during a procedure performed by a different physician. It is used when a procedure runs longer than the initial sedation period already accounted for.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider cost?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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$66.07$60.26 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$61.66 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $55 to $102Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $50 to $162
$50$100$200facility $66professional $66

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
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$125.89
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$114.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$114.82
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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· 35th of 51

$66.07

AK $145DC $57.54

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.