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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 July 2026.

How much does Daily Newborn Care, Healthy Baby cost?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$57.54$38.02 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$40.74 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $35 to $132Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $33 to $117
$50$100facility $65professional $58

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$134.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$102.33
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 14th of 51

$57.54

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.