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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 October 2026.

How much does First-Day Intensive Care For A Sick Newborn (Not Critical) cost?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$676$479 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$302 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,570Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $676

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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,570.40
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$676

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.