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Ongoing Daily Care For A Very Low Birth Weight Newborn

Delaware 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?

$120

Typical physician fee. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $105 to $135.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $102 to $174
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kprofessional $120

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
$120.23
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Minnesota than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Delaware $120 · 50th of 51
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.