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First Day Hospital Care Visit, Moderate Level

Alabama 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?

$123

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $100 to $155.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $15 to $4,677Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $87 to $240
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $107professional $123

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
$13.49
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$123

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.