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Ongoing Daily Care For A Very Low Birth Weight Newborn

Nevada 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?

$132

Typical physician fee. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $115 to $151.

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 $117 · 10th to 90th $115 to $4,266Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $110 to $182
$10$100$1Kfacility $117professional $132

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$173.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 42nd of 51

$132

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.