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Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider

Louisiana 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?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$67.61$57.54 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$0.02 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $0 to $115Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $52 to $110
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0facility $74professional $68

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
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $67.61 · 29th of 51
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.