99292 — Critical care, each additional 30 minutes

What the market charges

Across 19,442 negotiated rates, the middle 80% fall between $104 and $268, with a median of $150.

What Medicare pays

Medicare allowed an average of $103 for this code, across 261,840.7 services billed by 4,826 providers. At the median, the market charges 1.5 times what Medicare pays for this code.

Where this is billed, and what it costs there

The states billing 99292 most, by Medicare service volume, each compared against the national average of $103. Each links to the providers Mishe lists there.

  • California — 683 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $108 — 5% above the national average
  • Florida — 401 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $109 — 6% above the national average
  • Georgia — 281 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $92 — 11% below the national average
  • New York — 390 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $114 — 11% above the national average
  • Massachusetts — 283 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $101 — 2% below the national average
  • Missouri — 140 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $90 — 13% below the national average
  • Texas — 180 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $103 — level with the national average
  • Maryland — 214 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $105 — 2% above the national average

Claim-editing rules

These are National Correct Coding Initiative procedure-to-procedure edits — the rules a payer applies when deciding whether two codes billed together are both payable.

Codes this one absorbs

Billed together, 99292 is the payable code and these are not separately payable. 2 pairs in total.

  • 93598 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 0655T — a modifier may allow both to be paid

Codes that absorb this one

Billed alongside any of these, 99292 is not separately payable. 179 pairs in total.

  • 15778 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 15853 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 15854 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 22860 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 30468 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 30469 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 32408 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 33267 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 33268 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 33269 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 33277 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 33279 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

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Every figure on this page came from published payer and Medicare data, assembled by Mishe. The same pricing, claim-editing and care-pathway intelligence runs underneath the plans Mishe operates.

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