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Critical Care, Each Additional 30 Minutes

Louisiana 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $145 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 6 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$117$100 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$120 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $107 to $3,020Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $89 to $389
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $145professional $117

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
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$147.91
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$234.42

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $120 · 26th 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.