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Daily Care, Recovering Low Birth Weight Newborn

Alaska rates for HCPCS 99479

Ongoing daily hospital management for a newborn weighing roughly 3 to 5.5 pounds who needs intensive monitoring and frequent care while recovering, but who is not in a critical or life-threatening condition. It covers each day of this level of care after the first day.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Daily Care, Recovering Low Birth Weight Newborn cost?

$166

Typical physician fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $112 to $324.

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 $162 · 10th to 90th $107 to $295Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $100 to $427
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $162professional $166

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$707.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$380.19

Where Alaska 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.

Alaska $166 · 13th of 51
MN $263AL $107

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.