go back

Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 99157

This covers each additional block of time that a separate qualified provider spends administering sedation medication and monitoring a patient during a procedure performed by a different physician. It is used when a procedure runs longer than the initial sedation period already accounted for.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional Sedation Time by a Second Provider cost?

$70.79

Typical physician fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $61.66 to $174.

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 $68 · 10th to 90th $58 to $178Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $56 to $234
$50$100$200facility $68professional $74

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
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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

$70.79

AK $145DC $57.54

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.