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Physician Care During Critical Transport Of A Young Child

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 99466

This covers hands-on critical care provided by a physician who accompanies a critically ill or injured young child during transport between hospitals, covering the initial period of care during the trip. It reflects the intensive, continuous attention needed to keep a seriously ill child stable while being moved. It's distinct from routine ambulance transport, which does not involve this level of physician involvement.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Physician Care During Critical Transport Of A Young Child cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 5 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$234$195 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$234 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $200 to $339Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $182 to $437
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $275professional $234

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
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Minnesota than in Alabama. 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.

Louisiana· 31st of 51

$234

MN $490AL $200

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.