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Critical Care, Each Additional 30 Minutes

Virginia 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $186 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$120$107 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$123 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $100 to $7,762Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $95 to $158
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $186professional $120

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
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$181.97
3 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
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.02

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 33rd of 51

$120

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.