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Additional Time Supervising Child Transport

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 99486

Continued supervision by a doctor, given by two-way radio or telephone, directing the team moving a critically ill or injured infant or young child from one facility to another. The doctor stays in contact with the transport team, interprets the readings and reports they send, and directs care during the journey. This covers each further block of time beyond the first and is billed in addition to it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Additional Time Supervising Child Transport cost?

$129

Typical physician fee. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $100 to $129.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $68 to $115Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $74 to $141
$50$100$200facility $79professional $129

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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$407.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$147.91
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$128.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 2nd of 51

$129

AK $155FL $54.95

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.