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

Arizona 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 6 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$339$288 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$288 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $263 to $631Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,148
$200$500$1Kfacility $347professional $339

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
$338.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 41st of 51

$339

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.