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Specialty Care Transport (SCT)

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 8 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$912$741 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,995 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,754Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,995professional $912

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 30th 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.