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Daily Newborn Care, Healthy Baby

North Carolina 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 October 2026.

How much does Daily Newborn Care, Healthy Baby cost?

$58.88

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $53.70 to $81.28.

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 $41 · 10th to 90th $41 to $41Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $40 to $95
$50$100facility $41professional $59

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
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$66.07
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
5 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$56.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$15.85

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

North Carolina· 12th of 51

$58.88

AK $100NY $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.