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Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider

Utah 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?

$56.23

Typical physician fee. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $29.51 to $74.13.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $69 to $69Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $26 to $81
$50$100facility $69professional $55

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$34.67
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$123.03
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
$12.88
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 50th of 51

$56.23

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.