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

North Carolina 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?

$631

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $479 to $724.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $339 to $339Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $372 to $832
$500$1Kfacility $339professional $631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$416.87
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$69.18

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 5th of 51

$631

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.