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Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief

South Carolina rates for HCPCS G0443

Brief face-to-face behavioral counseling for alcohol misuse, 15 minutes

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief cost?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $110 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$25.70$23.44 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$87.10 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $54 to $245Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $23 to $33
$20$50$100$200facility $110professional $26

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
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.88
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
$26.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
29
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$29.51
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$42.66
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
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$18.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.41
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$5.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$5.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$5.13

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in North Dakota than in New Mexico. 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

$25.70

ND $50.12NM $18.20

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.