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Ongoing Daily Care For A Very Low Birth Weight Newborn

New Hampshire 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?

$178

Typical physician fee. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $135 to $251.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $89 to $427Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $115 to $316
$100$200$500facility $427professional $178

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$97.72

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 7th of 51

$178

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.