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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 October 2026.

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

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $129 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$204$158 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$115 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $107 to $5,495Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $120 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $129professional $204

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
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80
10 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.70

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 5th of 51

$204

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.