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Daily Care, Recovering Low Birth Weight Newborn

Hawaii 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 October 2026.

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

$148

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $148 to $178.

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

Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $141 to $186
$100$200professional $148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$190.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 18th of 51

$148

AK $295NY $102

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.