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Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider

Rhode Island 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?

$70.79

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $54.95 to $81.28.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $110 to $141Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $52 to $89
$50$100facility $129professional $71

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$123.03

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 21st of 51

$70.79

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.