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Nerve Fiber Teasing Preparation

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 88362

A specialized laboratory preparation of a nerve sample. Individual nerve fibers are gently separated from one another under magnification and mounted on slides, so a pathologist can inspect each fiber along its length for damage to its insulating sheath or its core.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nerve Fiber Teasing Preparation cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $245 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$182$126 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$178 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $129 to $490Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $107 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $245professional $182

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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$263.03
7 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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in Alaska 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· 37th of 51

$195

AK $933AL $135

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.