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Ongoing Daily Care For A Very Low Birth Weight Newborn

Maryland 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?

$135

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $112 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

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $105 to $105Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $107 to $302
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $105professional $135

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$323.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland $135 · 37th 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.