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Ongoing Daily Care For A Very Low Birth Weight Newborn

Missouri 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $170 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$112 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$120 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $102 to $251Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $105 to $275
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $170professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri $141 · 20th 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.