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Critical Care, Each Additional 30 Minutes

Alabama rates for HCPCS 99292

This covers extra time a doctor spends providing critical care to a patient with a life-threatening condition, billed in addition to the first period of critical care already accounted for. It applies when a critically ill patient requires ongoing, intensive attention beyond that initial period.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Critical Care, Each Additional 30 Minutes cost?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 5 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$102$93.33 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$87.10 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $87 to $851Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $87 to $309
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $98professional $102

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
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$234.42

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $102 · 50th of 51
MN $229DE $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.