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First Day Hospital Care Visit, Moderate Level

Maryland 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?

$155

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $123 to $245.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $112 to $182Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $95 to $407
$50$100$200$500facility $126professional $155

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
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$416.87
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 15th of 51

$155

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.