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Ongoing Daily Care For A Very Low Birth Weight Newborn

Hawaii 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 October 2026.

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

$162

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $162 to $162.

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

Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $141 to $186
$100$200professional $162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 2.9 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.

Hawaii· 20th of 51

$162

AK $324NY $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.