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Glucose Sensor Removal And Reinsertion

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 0448T

This service combines removal of a previously placed implantable glucose sensor with insertion of a new one, performed in the same session. It is done by a physician or other qualified clinician in an outpatient setting. This differs from a simple removal or a simple insertion performed on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Glucose Sensor Removal And Reinsertion cost?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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$1,000$93.33 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$1,549 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $89 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $89 to $3,631
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $1,000

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
$89.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,168.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 26.9 times more in California than in Maryland. 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· 22nd of 51

$1,660

CA $5,012MD $186

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.