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Specialty Care Transport (SCT)

Minnesota rates for HCPCS A0434

Specialty care transport (SCT)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Specialty Care Transport (SCT) cost?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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 6 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$1,820$1,318 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$912 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,754Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,042
$1K$2Kfacility $1,413professional $1,820

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,818.38
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$1,738

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.