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Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider

Maryland 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?

$57.54

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $56.23 to $63.10.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $50 to $91
$50$100professional $58

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$120.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$144.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$57.54

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.