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Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider

Georgia 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?

$58.88

Typical physician fee. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $57.54 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $58 to $66Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $50 to $100
$50$100$200facility $58professional $59

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
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$346.74
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$177.83
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.49

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 45th of 51

$58.88

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.