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Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider

Delaware 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 October 2026.

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

$63.10

Typical physician fee. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $60.26 to $74.13.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $63 to $93Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $52 to $117
$50$100$200$500facility $63professional $63

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$102.33
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Delaware· 34th of 51

$63.10

AK $158NY $51.29

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.