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Daily Hospital Care For A Recovering Newborn, Heavier

Nebraska 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 October 2026.

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

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$166 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$182 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $102 to $525Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $245professional $229

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,071.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$229

AK $282FL $100

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.