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Annual Alcohol Misuse Screening

South Carolina rates for HCPCS G0442

Annual alcohol misuse screening, 5 to 15 minutes

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Annual Alcohol Misuse Screening cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $102 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$15.14$9.33 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$75.86 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $19 to $245Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $20
$10$20$50$100$200facility $102professional $15

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
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
29
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.39
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$21.38
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$5.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.63

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in Louisiana. 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· 42nd of 51

$15.14

AK $30.90LA $13.49

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.