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

Minnesota 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?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $676 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$724$427 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$339 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,042Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,175
$500$1K$2Kfacility $676professional $724

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$724

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.