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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 July 2026.

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

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $240 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$263$151 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$117 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $112 to $724Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $107 to $417
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $240professional $263

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $263 · 1st 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.