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Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider

Kentucky 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$56.23$52.48 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$56.23 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $55 to $93Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $46 to $85
$50$100$200facility $58professional $56

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
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$61.66
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$102.33
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
$10.96
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.59

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$56.23

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.