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Daily Care, Recovering Low Birth Weight Newborn

Minnesota 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $219 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$245$170 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$110 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $110 to $912Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $110 to $398
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $219professional $245

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$912.01
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$389.05

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$245

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.