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

Colorado 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 October 2026.

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

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$447$389 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$295 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $295 to $603Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $295 to $676
$500$1Kfacility $363professional $447

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
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Colorado· 15th of 51

$447

AK $832NY $245

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.