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

Utah 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?

$389

Typical physician fee. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $309 to $575.

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 $363 · 10th to 90th $363 to $389Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $288 to $912
$500$1Kfacility $363professional $389

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$524.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 18th of 51

$389

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.