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Colorectal Cancer Screening Colonoscopy, Not High Risk

South Carolina rates for HCPCS G0121

Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Colorectal Cancer Screening Colonoscopy, Not High Risk cost?

$1,210

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,210 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$209 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$617 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,311Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $170 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $339

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
KX · Policy requirements met
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Vermont than in Maine. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Carolina· 31st of 51

$1,210

$339 physician + $871 facility

VT $4,478ME $766

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.