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Critical Care, Each Additional 30 Minutes

West 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 July 2026.

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

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 5 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$129$97.72 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$141 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,311Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $89 to $631
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,399professional $129

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$676.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$645.65
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$144.54

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 15th of 51

$135

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.