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Congo Red, Blood

South Carolina rates for HCPCS P2029

Congo red, blood

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Congo Red, Blood cost?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $4.68 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.90$3.89 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.68$3.98 to $5.75

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20facility $5professional $5

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
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.98
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$5.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.17
4 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$0.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.39
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$0.40

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Mississippi than in Kentucky. 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· 22nd of 51

$4.90

MS $8.91KY $2.45

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.