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Finding Eggs In Fluid Collected From The Ovary

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 89254

A laboratory step during IVF in which the fluid drawn from the ovarian follicles is searched under a microscope to find and isolate the eggs it contains. The eggs are then cleaned and placed into culture ready for fertilization.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Finding Eggs In Fluid Collected From The Ovary cost?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $234 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$398$257 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$170 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $132 to $427Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $257 to $407
$50$100$200$500facility $234professional $398

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
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in North Dakota than in Georgia. 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· 27th of 51

$302

ND $575GA $42.66

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.