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PSA Blood Test (Free PSA)

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 84154

A blood test that measures the portion of prostate-specific antigen circulating unbound, or free, in the bloodstream, as opposed to bound to other proteins. It is typically ordered alongside a total PSA result to help estimate the likelihood that an elevated PSA level is related to cancer versus a noncancerous prostate condition.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does PSA Blood Test (Free PSA) cost?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$30.20$18.20 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$54.95 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $22 to $182Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $13 to $46
$10$20$50$100$200facility $78professional $30

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
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$21.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.70
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
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.95

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Vermont 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· 5th of 51

$31.62

VT $110MD $13.80

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.