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How Much Does Critical care, each additional 30 minutes Cost on Medicare?

Cost analysis for CPT 99292 — Critical care, each additional 30 minutes

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Average Medicare Payment

$84.42

2023 data

Total Payments (2023)

$22.3M

Services (2023)

266.8K

Price Change (2014–2023)

-4.0%

📈 Year-over-Year Cost Trend

YearAvg PaymentTotal PaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$87.91$28.1M322.5K—
2015$88.21$28.8M328.5K+0.3%
2016$88.19$31.3M357.8K-0.0%
2017$89.19$33.5M380.6K+1.1%
2018$88.36$33.4M380.7K-0.9%
2019$88.93$36.0M407.9K+0.6%
2020$92.40$38.8M426.1K+3.9%
2021$91.44$33.3M370.5K-1.0%
2022$89.13$32.5M369.9K-2.5%
2023$84.42$22.3M266.8K-5.3%

🗺️ State-by-State Cost Variation

The most expensive state pays 1.5x more than the cheapest for this procedure. AK averages $111.21 vs AL at $72.46.

StateAvg PaymentTotal PaymentsServicesProviders
AK$111.21$42.0K37814
NY$93.95$1.7M17.9K426
DC$90.32$118.1K1.3K37
NJ$90.07$627.4K7.0K131
CA$89.04$3.6M40.6K704
FL$88.66$2.2M25.2K387
RI$87.01$61.1K70217
DE$86.87$37.2K42812
IL$86.41$662.5K7.7K198
WV$86.31$70.9K82126
MD$86.05$788.0K9.2K218
VA$85.68$454.8K5.3K145
PA$85.68$590.7K6.9K166
WA$85.58$338.0K3.9K100
SD$84.72$26.4K3127
TX$84.52$1.1M12.7K228
NV$84.52$147.6K1.7K40
CO$84.19$267.5K3.2K78
NM$84.18$42.1K50019
MI$84.03$398.7K4.7K107
CT$83.71$423.3K5.1K110
LA$83.34$109.7K1.3K35
OH$82.65$285.3K3.5K91
HI$82.45$198.8K2.4K39
MA$82.11$1.3M15.5K316
MT$82.01$65.3K79627
AZ$81.81$472.7K5.8K73
MN$81.74$169.4K2.1K54
ND$81.26$46.6K57416
VT$80.70$33.7K41711
MS$80.53$89.5K1.1K34
AR$80.48$65.2K81028
IN$80.11$183.0K2.3K63
OR$80.05$272.4K3.4K80
OK$79.87$136.7K1.7K48
ME$79.70$23.8K29811
SC$79.48$128.9K1.6K54
NH$79.34$58.4K73625
KY$79.20$210.5K2.7K45
WI$78.17$250.8K3.2K80
ID$77.94$31.6K40517
NE$77.73$33.7K43418
UT$76.85$164.1K2.1K47
IA$76.28$93.3K1.2K26
NC$75.72$488.6K6.5K151
TN$75.44$305.4K4.0K103
KS$74.70$279.8K3.7K77
MO$74.21$1.2M15.6K163
GA$73.05$1.5M21.0K286
AL$72.46$430.8K5.9K86

💰 Who Bills the Most for This Procedure?

ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
Simon ChiEmergency MedicineCA$90.4K1.0K$87.46
Sunil RamaswamyCritical Care (Intensivists)CA$70.7K819$86.28
Abid IqbalInternal MedicineTX$67.1K777$86.40
Jeannie KimPulmonary DiseaseCA$64.2K697$92.05
Ahmer FarukiInternal MedicineTX$63.2K734$86.17
Muhammad RazaCritical Care (Intensivists)AZ$62.3K754$82.67
Douglas PortilloCritical Care (Intensivists)FL$61.7K658$93.83
Jaafer ImamInternal MedicineTX$60.2K697$86.34
Fahad OmarPulmonary DiseaseTX$59.7K738$80.83
Andrew CalzadillaInternal MedicineFL$57.4K612$93.83
Khizer ShaikhPulmonary DiseaseAZ$54.8K670$81.75
Murtuza AhmedPulmonary DiseaseTX$53.9K633$85.23
Sahar OsmanNeurologyCA$50.4K575$87.69
Joseph AverbachEmergency MedicineFL$49.4K541$91.25
Mohamed Abou El FadlCritical Care (Intensivists)FL$49.1K523$93.83
Sylvia SooNeurologyCA$46.9K532$88.23
Shahab AttarchiCritical Care (Intensivists)CA$46.7K525$88.90
Mir AlikhanPulmonary DiseaseTX$46.5K536$86.79
Ramin AkhavanCritical Care (Intensivists)CA$46.5K538$86.46
Mindy BuiCritical Care (Intensivists)CA$46.4K526$88.23

🤔 Is Critical care, each additional 30 minutes Overpriced?

Based on the data, CPT 99292 shows a 1.5x variation in pricing across states — moderate variation by Medicare standards.

Costs have decreased 4% since 2014. Medicare's fee schedule attempts to standardize pricing, though some variation is expected due to geographic cost-of-living adjustments and practice expense differences.

This analysis is based on publicly available CMS data and does not account for patient complexity, comorbidities, or facility-specific factors that may justify pricing differences.

Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.