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Kidney Nerve Ablation, Both Sides

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 0339T

A doctor threads a thin tube (catheter) through the blood vessels up into the arteries supplying both kidneys and uses energy delivered through the catheter tip to calm overactive nerves that run along the artery walls. This procedure is used to help lower blood pressure in people with high blood pressure that has not been controlled by medications. This version treats the arteries on both sides.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Nerve Ablation, Both Sides cost?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $12,023 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 7 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$1,096$933 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,023$4,467 to $18,197

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $933 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $933 to $1,318
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $12,023professional $1,096

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
$933.25
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,137.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Ohio than in Minnesota. 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· 49th of 51

$1,096

OH $8,511MN $692

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.