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Musculoskeletal Surgical Procedure

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 0274T

A procedure involving bones, joints, or related soft tissue, used to diagnose or treat a musculoskeletal condition. Given its typical cost, it likely represents a moderately involved surgical or interventional service rather than a simple office visit or injection. Ask your provider for the specific diagnosis and technique used in your case.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Musculoskeletal Surgical Procedure cost?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $9,772 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 6 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$912$871 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,772$1,950 to $19,953

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $871 to $22,909Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $851 to $6,607
$100$1K$10Kfacility $9,772professional $912

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
$870.96
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,606.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in Vermont than in Mississippi. 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· 45th of 51

$912

VT $7,943MS $891

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.