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

South 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?

$676

Typical physician fee. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $457 to $692.

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 $427 · 10th to 90th $355 to $617Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $372 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $427professional $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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$5,754.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 4th 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.