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Doctor Direction Of Critical Transport

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 99485

Covers the time a doctor spends directing the care of a critically ill child who is being moved between hospitals, staying in two-way contact with the transport team by radio or phone throughout. The doctor gives orders on breathing support, fluids, and medicines as the child's condition changes on the way.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Doctor Direction Of Critical Transport cost?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 4 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$67.61$60.26 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$468 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $468 to $468Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $59 to $110
$100$200$500facility $468professional $68

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$134.90

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Minnesota than in Alabama. 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.

Tennessee· 44th of 51

$67.61

MN $155AL $63.10

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.