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Implanted Pleural Catheter

South Carolina rates for HCPCS A7042

Implanted pleural catheter

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Implanted Pleural Catheter cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $30.20 to $182.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $30 to $191
$50$100$200professional $151

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
2 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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$128.82

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Tennessee than in Massachusetts. 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· 32nd of 36

$151

TN $490MA $50.12

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.