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

Idaho 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$437 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$288 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $282 to $537Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $363 to $603
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $437professional $501

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$549.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$288.40
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 12th of 51

$501

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.