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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 October 2026.

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

$107

Typical physician fee. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $95.50 to $145.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $91 to $1,862Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $87 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $141professional $107

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
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$346.74
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 44th of 51

$107

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.