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

South 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?

$316

Typical physician fee. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $282 to $372.

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 $316 · 10th to 90th $282 to $933Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $224 to $447
$200$500$1Kfacility $316professional $316

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
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
29
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
5 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 46th of 51

$316

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.