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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 July 2026.

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

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $138 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 7 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$117$100 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$110 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $95 to $240Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $89 to $589
$100$200$500facility $138professional $117

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
$128.82
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$257.04

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 28th 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.