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Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 98966

This service covers a phone conversation between a patient and a qualified healthcare professional who is not a physician, to discuss a health concern for an existing patient. The call involves real medical discussion rather than simply scheduling or administrative matters, and covers a shorter portion of time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider cost?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$12.88$11.75 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$11.75 to $14.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $16Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $16
$10$20facility $13professional $13

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
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
29
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.78
5 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$4.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.82

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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· 43rd of 51

$12.88

AK $30.90NY $9.77

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.