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First Day Hospital Care Visit, Moderate Level

Alaska rates for HCPCS 99222

A physician's first visit with a patient admitted to the hospital or placed under observation. It includes taking the history and examining the patient, with moderately complex decision-making. Selection reflects about 55 minutes or more of care that day.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does First Day Hospital Care Visit, Moderate Level cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $251 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$126 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$182 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $141 to $513Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $107 to $389
$100$200$500facility $251professional $174

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Wyoming 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$178

WY $219DC $105

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.