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Critical Care, Each Additional 30 Minutes

Minnesota 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $186 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$229$120 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$110 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $98 to $575Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $95 to $380
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $186professional $229

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
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$234.42

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$229

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.