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Observation Care Admission, Straightforward

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 99218

The doctor's first full assessment when you are placed under observation in hospital — kept in a bed for monitoring and testing without being formally admitted. It covers the history, examination and plan on the day observation starts, for a problem that is comparatively uncomplicated.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Observation Care Admission, Straightforward cost?

$269

Typical physician fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $214 to $324.

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 $331 · 10th to 90th $257 to $724Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $170 to $372
$200$500$1Kfacility $331professional $257

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$724.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 16.6 times more in North Carolina than in South Carolina. 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.

Minnesota· 12th of 49

$269

NC $501SC $30.20

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.