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Specialty Care Transport (SCT)

Virginia rates for HCPCS A0434

Specialty care transport (SCT)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Specialty Care Transport (SCT) cost?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 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 7 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$1,122$912 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$550 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $8 to $933Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,122
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $708professional $1,122

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
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,071.52
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 8th of 51

$1,122

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.