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Critical Care, Each Additional 30 Minutes

Colorado 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $155 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 7 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$110$95.50 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$120 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $98 to $2,512Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $87 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $155professional $110

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
$776.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$257.04

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. 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.

Colorado· 38th of 51

$115

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.