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Ongoing Daily Care For A Very Low Birth Weight Newborn

Alaska rates for HCPCS 99478

A newborn who is not critically ill but still needs a high level of monitoring, most often because of a very low birth weight, receives ongoing daily medical management in the hospital. This covers each additional day of this intensive newborn care for the smallest, lowest-weight babies, rather than the initial day of care or care for a critically ill infant.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ongoing Daily Care For A Very Low Birth Weight Newborn cost?

$178

Typical physician fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $123 to $355.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $117 to $331Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $110 to $468
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $178professional $174

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$794.33
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$416.87

Where Alaska 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.

Alaska· 6th of 51

$178

MN $275AL $112

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.