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Deep Sedation/General Anesthesia — First Period

Iowa rates for HCPCS D9222

Placing a patient under deep sedation or general anesthesia for the beginning portion of a dental or oral surgery procedure, so the patient is deeply relaxed or fully unconscious and unaware during the work. It covers the sedation team's monitoring of breathing, heart rate, and consciousness level from the start of the anesthesia. Longer procedures require continued sedation beyond this initial period, which is tracked as its own step.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Deep Sedation/General Anesthesia — First Period cost?

$70.79

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $70.79 to $275.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $59 to $117Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $71 to $309
$50$100$200facility $71professional $71

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
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$309.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$117.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$223.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Minnesota than in Oklahoma. 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$70.79

MN $380OK $60.26

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.