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

West Virginia 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?

$339

Typical physician fee. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $288 to $437.

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 $417 · 10th to 90th $417 to $417Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $257 to $776
$500$1Kfacility $417professional $339

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,412.54
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 40th of 51

$339

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.