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Hospital Inpatient Follow-Up Visit, High Complexity

Iowa rates for HCPCS 99233

This covers a doctor's daily follow-up visit to a hospitalized patient on a day when the patient's condition is unstable, has a significant new problem, or otherwise requires a high degree of medical decision-making. It's billed once per day, reflecting a check-in on how the patient is doing and adjustments to the treatment plan while admitted. It differs from more routine daily hospital visits mainly by that greater complexity or the amount of time involved.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hospital Inpatient Follow-Up Visit, High Complexity cost?

$126

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $102 to $182.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $79 to $219Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $79 to $339
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $151professional $126

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
$79.43
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$194.98

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Iowa $126 · 12th of 51
WV $158DC $95.50

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.