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

North Dakota 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?

$617

Typical physician fee. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $347 to $479Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $347 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $347professional $617

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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 6th of 51

$617

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.