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Infant Wellness Visit, New Patient

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 99381

This is a comprehensive preventive checkup for an infant under one year old who is new to the practice, including a physical exam, growth check, and guidance for parents on feeding, development, and safety. It is a routine wellness visit rather than a visit for a specific illness.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Infant Wellness Visit, New Patient cost?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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$85.11$74.13 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$74.13 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $39 to $129Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $65 to $115
$50$100$200facility $89professional $85

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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$117.49
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
EP · Child screening program
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
29
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$77.62

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.9 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· 45th of 51

$85.11

AK $204DC $70.79

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.