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Hospital Bed, Hi-Lo, with Side Rails, No Mattress

South Carolina rates for HCPCS E0256

Hospital bed, variable height, hi-lo, with any type side rails, without mattress

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hospital Bed, Hi-Lo, with Side Rails, No Mattress cost?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $398 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$617$417 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$257 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $257 to $537Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $263 to $692
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $617

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
6 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
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in Minnesota than in Illinois. 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· 8th of 51

$617

MN $832IL $56.23

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.