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Home Breathing Monitor Supply and Transmission

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 98976

Covers supplying a patient with a device that records information about their breathing at home and automatically sends those readings, or alerts, to the care team over a month-long period. The device does the recording; the patient does not have to come in for the readings to reach their clinician.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Home Breathing Monitor Supply and Transmission cost?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $54.95 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$54.95$48.98 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$53.70 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $39 to $126Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $48 to $91
$50$100facility $54professional $55

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
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$123.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$79.43
7 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
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.55

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Nebraska than in Kentucky. 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· 33rd of 51

$54.95

NE $105KY $40.74

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.