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Critical Care, Each Additional 30 Minutes

South 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$110$100 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$115 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $100 to $6,918Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $89 to $178
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $513professional $110

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
29
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
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
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.99

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$110

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.