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

Iowa 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?

$550

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 to $692.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $437 to $851Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $550

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$5,754.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$550

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.