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Additional Time Of Moderate Sedation

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 99153

This covers extra time of moderate sedation, medicine given to keep a patient relaxed and comfortable during a procedure while still able to respond to voice or touch, beyond the initial period already covered separately. It is billed alongside a procedure performed by the same clinician giving the sedation, reflecting added monitoring time rather than a separate service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional Time Of Moderate Sedation cost?

$15.85

Typical physician fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $10.96 to $37.15.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $11 to $295Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $36
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $98professional $13

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$36.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$25.12

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in West Virginia 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· 23rd of 51

$15.85

WV $61.66KY $10.72

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.