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Daily Hospital Care For A Recovering Newborn, Heavier

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 99480

A doctor provides a day of ongoing hospital care and monitoring for a newborn who still needs close attention but is no longer critically ill. Which level of this daily care applies is set by what the baby weighs on the day of care rather than by the weight at birth, and this level covers the heaviest of those weight bands. It is charged for each day this level of care continues to be needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Daily Hospital Care For A Recovering Newborn, Heavier cost?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $141 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 8 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$209$148 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$117 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $100 to $282Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $107 to $316
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $141professional $209

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
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $209 · 4th of 51
MN $257AL $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.