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

Massachusetts 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$355 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$219 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $186 to $631Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $309 to $5,754
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $347professional $479

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 13th of 51

$479

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.