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Critical Care, Each Additional 30 Minutes

Nebraska 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $219 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$141 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$200 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $162 to $692Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $102 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $219professional $191

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
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00
5 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
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FS · Shared visit
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 8th of 51

$191

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.