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First-Day Intensive Care For A Sick Newborn (Not Critical)

Alaska rates for HCPCS 99477

A hospital evaluation and management service for the first day of caring for a newborn, 28 days old or younger, who needs frequent monitoring and extra interventions beyond routine newborn care but is not critically ill. It reflects the more intensive, hands-on level of care some newborns need without meeting the threshold of critical, life-threatening illness.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does First-Day Intensive Care For A Sick Newborn (Not Critical) cost?

$468

Typical physician fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $309 to $912.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $295 to $832Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $457professional $479

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Alaska 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.

Alaska· 6th of 51

$468

MN $724AL $295

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.