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

Delaware 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?

$309

Typical physician fee. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $269 to $347.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $263 to $501
$500professional $309

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
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 49th of 51

$309

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.