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Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider

Ohio 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 Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $54.95 to $69.18.

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 $174 · 10th to 90th $71 to $251Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $45 to $105
$50$100$200facility $174professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$117.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$128.82
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
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$43.65

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 46th 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.