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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 July 2026.

How much does Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider cost?

$66.07

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $57.54 to $129.

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

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $51 to $126Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $50 to $214
$50$100$200facility $126professional $66

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$229.09
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$120.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$134.90
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 33rd of 51

$66.07

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.