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

Louisiana 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$288 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$955 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,862Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $282 to $501
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,318professional $347

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
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 36th of 51

$347

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.