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Specialty Care Transport (SCT)

Illinois rates for HCPCS A0434

Specialty care transport (SCT)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Specialty Care Transport (SCT) cost?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $708 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$933$912 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$8.91 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $8 to $1,349Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,762
$10$100$1Kfacility $708professional $933

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Montana than in Oregon. 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.

Illinois· 39th of 51

$912

MT $2,344OR $275

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.