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Observation Care Admission, High Complexity

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 99220

The doctor's first full assessment when you are placed under observation in hospital, for someone who is seriously unwell or unstable. It covers a comprehensive history and examination and complex decision-making, often with several tests and treatments started at the same time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Observation Care Admission, High Complexity cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $603 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$363 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$479 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,413Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $288 to $724
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $603professional $468

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 28.2 times more in Arizona 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 37

$479

AZ $851SC $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.