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Initial Preventive Physical Examination

South Carolina rates for HCPCS G0402

Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of Medicare enrollment

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Initial Preventive Physical Examination cost?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$129 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$209 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $155 to $692Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $112 to $200
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $263professional $158

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
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
5 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
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.11

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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· 30th of 51

$158

AK $339KY $123

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.