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Artacent AC, 1 mg

South Carolina rates for HCPCS Q4189

Artacent AC, 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Artacent AC, 1 mg cost?

$25.12per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$23.99
At a hospital outpatient department
$37.15

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 55% more at a hospital than at a doctor's office.

Drug cost only. Giving the drug, the visit itself and any monitoring are billed on their own codes. We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.

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$23.99$21.38 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$23.99 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $20 to $52Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $20 to $148
$20$50$100facility $37professional $24

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
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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· 2nd of 51

$25.12

AK $33.88HI $19.95

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.