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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 July 2026.

How much does Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief cost?

$23.44

Typical physician fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $21.38 to $26.30.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $40Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $18 to $31
$20$50facility $26professional $23

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$44.67

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Minnesota 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· 31st of 51

$23.44

MN $36.31NM $21.88

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.