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Ongoing Daily Care For A Very Low Birth Weight Newborn

Connecticut 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?

$138

Typical physician fee. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $112 to $234.

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

Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $105 to $398
$100$200$500professional $138

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
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$309.03
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 24th of 51

$138

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.