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Daily Critical Care For A Critically Ill Newborn, First Day

Texas rates for HCPCS 99468

A physician or other qualified clinician provides the first day of intensive, ongoing hospital care for a critically ill newborn who is 28 days old or younger. Because the newborn's condition is unstable and needs close, continuous attention, this covers all connected care given that day rather than a single brief visit. Each following day of similarly intensive care is handled as its own separate service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Daily Critical Care For A Critically Ill Newborn, First Day cost?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 from a hospital or other facility.

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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$776$646 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,514 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $5,370Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,413
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $776

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,148.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
2 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q6 · Substitute physician, paid per time
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 2.9 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.

Texas· 48th of 51

$776

AK $2,188FL $759

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.