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Extended Bedside Care, First Extra Hour

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 99356

Extra time a doctor spends attending directly to a patient in hospital or under observation, beyond what the day's usual visit covers — for example when someone deteriorates and needs prolonged attention at the bedside. It covers the first additional hour and is billed in addition to the day's main visit.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extended Bedside Care, First Extra Hour cost?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 28 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$676$115 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$186 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $129 to $646Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $87 to $676
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $245professional $676

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
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$676.08
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$245.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$229.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$87.10
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$128.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$109.65
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
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GL · Free upgrade
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 22.4 times more in Oklahoma than in South Carolina. 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.

Touch or drag across the chart to see any state's rate.

OK $676SC $30.20

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.