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Daily Newborn Care, Healthy Baby

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 99462

This covers a doctor's daily check-in visit for a healthy newborn who is still staying in the hospital after birth. The doctor examines the baby, reviews feeding and weight trends, and checks for early signs of a developing problem. It's billed once for each day of the follow-up hospital stay, separate from the visit on the day of birth itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Daily Newborn Care, Healthy Baby cost?

$38.90

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $37.15 to $38.90.

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 $39 · 10th to 90th $39 to $39Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $35 to $60
$50$100facility $39professional $39

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$42.66
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$87.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$100.00

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Wisconsin than in Rhode Island. 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.

Washington, DC· 44th of 51

$38.90

WI $95.50RI $34.67

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.