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Critical Care, Each Additional 30 Minutes

Tennessee 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?

$115

Typical physician fee. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $102 to $151.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $93 to $6,026Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $93 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $115

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
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 37th of 51

$115

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.