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Cognitive Skills Therapy Session

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 97129

This therapy service focuses on improving mental skills such as attention, memory, reasoning, problem-solving, or organizing tasks. A qualified professional works one-on-one with the patient, often to help recover skills after a brain injury or to manage symptoms from another condition affecting thinking.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cognitive Skills Therapy Session cost?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$19.50$16.22 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$23.99 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $19 to $65Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $16 to $29
$20$50facility $30professional $19

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
$15.85
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51
6 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GP · Physical therapy plan
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.68

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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· 31st of 51

$19.50

AK $46.77DE $14.13

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.