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Calcium-Regulating Hormone Test

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 82308

This blood test measures the level of a hormone made by the thyroid gland that helps regulate calcium in the body. It is often used as a tumor marker to help diagnose and monitor a specific type of thyroid cancer.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Calcium-Regulating Hormone Test cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $120 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$37.15$26.92 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$93.33 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $34 to $288Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $18 to $68
$20$50$100$200facility $120professional $37

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$37.15
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.27

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Kansas than in Alabama. 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· 5th of 51

$42.66

KS $64.57AL $18.62

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.