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

Maryland 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?

$347

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $288 to $427.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $269 to $269Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $269 to $891
$500$1Kfacility $269professional $347

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$912.01
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 31st of 51

$347

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.