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Breath Alcohol Test

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 82075

Measures the amount of alcohol in a sample of exhaled breath. The person breathes into a device that estimates the blood alcohol level from the air coming out of the lungs, giving a result within moments and without a needle.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Breath Alcohol Test cost?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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$31.62$16.98 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$28.84 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $18 to $95Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $10 to $44
$0.1$1$10$100facility $55professional $32

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
$0.06
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.20

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Delaware than in Kentucky. 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· 11th of 51

$38.90

DE $89.13KY $12.02

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.