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Detailed Specialist Consultation

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 99244

This office visit covers a thorough consultation with a specialist, called in by another doctor to evaluate a specific problem and give an opinion or recommendation back to the referring provider. It involves a detailed history, a comprehensive examination, and decision-making of moderate complexity. A written report is typically sent back to the doctor who requested the opinion.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Detailed Specialist Consultation cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $166 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$151$132 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$132 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $126 to $229Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $117 to $195
$100$200$500facility $166professional $151

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
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
29
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
11 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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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· 38th of 51

$151

AK $288AL $123

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.