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Induced Abortion Using Vaginal Medication

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 59855

A medically induced pregnancy termination performed using vaginal suppository medication, such as a prostaglandin, sometimes combined with a cervical-softening device to help the cervix open. The service covers the full course of care including hospital admission, monitoring visits, and delivery of the fetus and placental tissue. It is a medication-based method rather than a surgical procedure such as dilation and curettage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Induced Abortion Using Vaginal Medication cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 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$490$417 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$490 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $490 to $22,909Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $380 to $741
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,230professional $490

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
$489.78
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in California 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· 38th of 51

$490

CA $3,981DE $398

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.