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

Connecticut 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?

$347

Typical physician fee. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $288 to $676.

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

Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,202
$500$1Kprofessional $347

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
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 32nd of 51

$347

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.