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Doctor Oversight Of Hospice Care, Longer Time

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 99378

Covers a doctor's work over a calendar month directing the care of a patient who is receiving hospice care, without a face-to-face visit. It includes reviewing reports and test results, adjusting medicines and the plan of care, and talking with the hospice team and the family. This version applies when that work adds up to 30 minutes or more in the month.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Doctor Oversight Of Hospice Care, Longer Time cost?

$155

Typical physician fee. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $115 to $191.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $89 to $178Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $95 to $214
$100$200$500facility $110professional $155

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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$724.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91
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
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.12

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

South Dakota· 8th of 51

$155

AK $204FL $81.28

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.