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Chronic Kidney Disease Education, Group

South Carolina rates for HCPCS G0421

Face-to-face educational services related to the care of chronic kidney disease; group, per session, per 1 hour

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chronic Kidney Disease Education, Group cost?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.30$25.12 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$26.92 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $26 to $36Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $23 to $36
$20$50$100facility $28professional $26

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
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
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
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.37

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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· 33rd of 51

$26.30

AK $67.61NY $22.39

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.