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Anesthesia for Forearm, Wrist or Hand Procedures

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 01850

Covers the anesthesia care given during a procedure on the forearm, wrist or hand. The anesthesia clinician provides a general anesthetic, a nerve block that numbs the arm, or a combination, then monitors breathing, heart rhythm and blood pressure throughout and manages recovery afterwards. The surgeon's work on the limb is a separate service and is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Anesthesia for Forearm, Wrist or Hand Procedures cost?

$47.86

Typical physician fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $30.20 to $214.

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 $158 · 10th to 90th $30 to $1,950Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $30 to $309
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $158professional $48

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
$30.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,981.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in New York than in Delaware. 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 Carolina· 36th of 51

$47.86

NY $347DE $30.20

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.