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Daily Critical Care For A Critically Ill Infant, First Day

Pennsylvania 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 October 2026.

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

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$794$724 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$759 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $603 to $5,012Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,660
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $933professional $794

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
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$79,432.82
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,570.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
1 more rate 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
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 2.8 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.

Pennsylvania· 34th of 51

$794

AK $1,862FL $661

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.