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Tobacco Cessation Counseling, Intensive Visit

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 99407

A healthcare provider spends more than ten minutes in a focused counseling session helping a patient quit smoking or other tobacco use. The visit covers strategies for quitting, coping with cravings, and may include a discussion of medications that can help. It is a longer, more in-depth session than a brief tobacco-cessation check-in.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tobacco Cessation Counseling, Intensive Visit cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$25.12$22.91 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$34.67 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $28 to $141Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $22 to $38
$20$50$100$200facility $45professional $25

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
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
29
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.11
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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.94
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.62

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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· 42nd of 51

$25.12

AK $64.57NJ $21.88

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.