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Daily Critical Care For A Critically Ill Infant, First Day

California rates for HCPCS 99471

A physician or other qualified clinician provides the first day of intensive, ongoing hospital care for a critically ill infant or young child roughly one month to two years old. Because the child's condition is unstable and requires close, continuous attention, this covers all the connected care given that day, not a single brief visit. Each following day of similarly intensive care is handled as its own separate service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $977 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 13 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$1,000$724 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$832 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,905Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,951
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $977professional $1,000

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
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,905.46
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,089.30
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where California 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.

California· 13th of 51

$1,000

MN $1,698AL $676

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.