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Critical Care, Each Additional 30 Minutes

Montana 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 Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 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 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$115$95.50 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$148 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $107 to $229Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $91 to $229
$100$200$500facility $182professional $115

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
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66,069.34
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 24th of 51

$120

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.