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Placement Of Bone Markers For Precision X-Ray Study

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 0347T

Tiny metal beads are implanted into bone, usually during another operation, to serve as fixed reference points. Later X-ray studies taken from two angles at once use those points to measure very small movements between a bone and an implant, or between bones. Only the placement of the markers is covered here; the imaging is done separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement Of Bone Markers For Precision X-Ray Study cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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 5 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$135$135 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$155 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $135 to $21,878Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $135 to $155
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $135

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
$134.90
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 37.2 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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· 46th of 51

$135

CA $4,074ND $110

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.