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Chronic Condition Management By Your Own Clinician

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 99491

This covers a monthly block of time that a physician or other qualified clinician personally spends managing a patient's two or more ongoing chronic health conditions, rather than delegating that work to clinical staff. It typically involves reviewing the patient's overall health status, adjusting treatment plans, and coordinating with other providers involved in the patient's care. It applies to conditions expected to last at least several months or for the rest of the patient's life.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chronic Condition Management By Your Own Clinician cost?

$72.44

Typical physician fee. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $64.57 to $110.

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 $71 · 10th to 90th $63 to $209Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $63 to $162
$100$200facility $71professional $72

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$38.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
29
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
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
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.98

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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· 41st of 51

$72.44

AK $162NY $54.95

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.