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Portable X-ray Equipment Transport, One Patient

South Carolina rates for HCPCS R0070

Transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel to home or nursing home, per trip to facility or location, one patient seen

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Portable X-ray Equipment Transport, One Patient cost?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$81.28$66.07 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$81.28 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $62 to $174Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $62 to $224
$100$200facility $81professional $81

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
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
7 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
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.88

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Nebraska than in Florida. 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· 39th of 51

$81.28

NE $324FL $66.07

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.