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

Nebraska 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 Nebraska, 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 $708 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$676$537 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$575 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,514Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $407 to $5,754
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $676

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
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,754.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd 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.