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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 October 2026.

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

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$245$174 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$148 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $95 to $891Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $107 to $389
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $490professional $245

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
$95.50
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$912.01
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.72

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$245

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.