Doctor visits and therapy CPT 99406 Outpatient

Quit-smoking counseling cost in Charleston, SC

In Charleston-North Charleston, SC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for quit-smoking counseling, 3 to 10 minutes: from $18.85 to $25.00, with a median of $21.93. The lowest listed price is at Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital — $3.08 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $39.50 at 13 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 99406, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$18.85Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital
Median$21.93half pay less
Highest$25.00in this market
Difference1.3×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Charleston-North Charleston, SC.

median
Lowest $18.85Highest $45.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital lowest Charleston, SC · (843) 402-1006 HC Smoke/Tobac Counsel 3-10 $18.85 $29.00 — 35% —
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC · (843) 792-2300 HB SMOKING CESS COUNSEL; 3-10 MIN $25.00 $50.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston, SC · (843) 792-2300 HB SMOKING CESS/ASYMPTON;>3-10MIN $25.00 $50.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital Charleston, SC · (843) 402-1006 HC Gbl Smoke/Tobac Counsel 3-10 $45.50 $70.00 — 35% —
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Outpatient: lowest $18.85, median $21.93, highest $25.00 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $21.93. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

Brief counseling to help quit smoking or vaping.

What the price covers

The price is for one session or evaluation.