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Critical Care, Each Additional 30 Minutes

North Carolina 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 8 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$174$120 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$120 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $102 to $355Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $95 to $288
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0Kfacility $151professional $174

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
$125.89
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$302.00
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$234.42
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $174 · 5th 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.