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Skilled Nursing (RN), Home Health or Hospice

California rates for HCPCS G0299

Direct skilled nursing services of a registered nurse (RN) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skilled Nursing (RN), Home Health or Hospice cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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 9 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$16.98$8.91 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$75.86 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $26 to $26,915Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $66
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $76professional $17

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$26.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$177.83
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$125.89
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$26,915.35
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$107.15
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$28.18

Where California sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in Montana than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

California $18.20 · 42nd of 50
MT $79.43RI $8.91

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.