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Critical Care, Each Additional 30 Minutes

Iowa 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 October 2026.

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

$195

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $105 to $245Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $112 to $302
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $209professional $195

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.47

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$195

AK $263NJ $97.72

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.