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Phone Check-In With Care Provider, Moderate Length

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 98967

This is a telephone conversation between an established patient and a qualified healthcare professional, other than a physician, lasting a moderate amount of time, used to address a health concern that does not require an in-person visit. It is billed based on the total time spent on the call.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Phone Check-In With Care Provider, Moderate Length cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$25.12$22.91 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$22.91 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $22 to $31Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $22 to $37
$20$50facility $26professional $25

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
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
29
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$34.67
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
$13.18
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.37

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.5 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· 39th of 51

$25.12

AK $60.26NY $16.98

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.