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Developmental Skills Assessment

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 96112

This service uses a standardized testing tool to evaluate a child's developmental skills, such as motor coordination, language, thinking ability, and social behavior, followed by the clinician's interpretation and a written report. It helps identify developmental delays or guide further evaluation and support.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Developmental Skills Assessment cost?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$112$105 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$309 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,000Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $98 to $148
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $112

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
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$26.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
29
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
8 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
Facility
Modifier
AF · Specialist physician
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$91.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Alaska than in Ohio. 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· 42nd of 51

$115

AK $245OH $102

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.