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Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider

Iowa 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?

$100

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $61.66 to $170.

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 $85 · 10th to 90th $60 to $138Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $58 to $263
$50$100$200facility $85professional $100

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
$51.29
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$389.05
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$165.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$100

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.