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Same-Day Hospital Or Observation Care, Lower Level

New Hampshire rates for HCPCS 99234

Covers a doctor's assessment and management of a patient who is placed under hospital or observation care and sent home on the same calendar day, taking in both the admission work and the discharge. It applies to the more straightforward end of these same-day stays, where the problem and the decisions involved are less complex.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Same-Day Hospital Or Observation Care, Lower Level cost?

$141

Typical physician fee. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $120 to $186.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $372 to $372Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $107 to $269
$100$200facility $372professional $141

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Alaska 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.

New Hampshire· 18th of 51

$141

AK $209DC $102

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.