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Annual Wellness Visit, Initial

South Carolina rates for HCPCS G0438

Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (PPS), initial visit

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Annual Wellness Visit, Initial cost?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$162$97.72 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$166 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $166 to $269Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $55 to $209
$100$200$500facility $174professional $162

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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in North Dakota 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· 36th of 51

$162

ND $295NY $115

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.