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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 July 2026.

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

$646

Typical physician fee. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $339 to $851.

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 $479 · 10th to 90th $288 to $813Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $288 to $912
$500$1Kfacility $479professional $646

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
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 2nd of 51

$646

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.