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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 July 2026.

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

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 8 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$135$102 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$107 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $95 to $309Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $93 to $407
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $182professional $135

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
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$21,877.62
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$257.04
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $135 · 13th 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.