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Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider

Washington, DC 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?

$57.54

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $52.48 to $66.07.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $58 to $138Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $50 to $69
$50$100facility $138professional $58

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
$57.54
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$194.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$151.36

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$57.54

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.