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Critical Care, Each Additional 30 Minutes

Illinois 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $240 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$110 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$145 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,549Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $98 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $240professional $132

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
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$436.52
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
4 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
$41.69
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 22nd of 51

$132

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.