Quit-smoking counseling cost in Charlotte, NC
In Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, 14 hospitals list a cash price for quit-smoking counseling, 3 to 10 minutes: from $12.34 to $120.00, with a median of $22.00. The lowest listed price is at Iredell Memorial Hospital — $9.66 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $22.07 at 56 hospitals.
- The median here, $22.00, is 45% below the US median of $39.79.
- That is 0.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($38.28).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 11 cities for code 99406, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 11, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Nov 4, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iredell Memorial Hospital lowest Statesville, NC · (704) 878-5661 Tobacco Cess Individual Counsel 3 - 10 minutes+1 more line at this price File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $12.34 | $45.70 | $10.47–$91.40 | 73% |
| Iredell Memorial Hospital Statesville, NC · (704) 878-5661 WC-TOBACCO CESS INDIVIDUAL 3-10m File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $12.46 | $46.16 | $10.58–$92.32 | 73% |
| Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast Concord, NC · (704) 783-3000 HC TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES File of Nov 4, 2026 · source file | $22.00 | $44.00 | $5.22–$45.51 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton, NC · (980) 212-2000 HC TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $22.00 | $44.00 | $4.78–$45.51 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro, NC · (704) 694-5131 HC TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES File of Oct 28, 2026 · source file | $22.00 | $44.00 | $6.24–$41.80 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte, NC · (704) 379-5000 HC TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $22.00 | $44.00 | $4.33–$45.51 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Union Monroe, NC · (704) 283-3100 HC TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $22.00 | $44.00 | $5.56–$45.51 | 50% |
| Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES+1 more line at this price File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $22.00 | $44.00 | $9.51–$47.85 | 50% |
| Atrium Health University City Charlotte, NC · (704) 548-6000 HC TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $22.00 | $44.00 | $4.29–$45.51 | 50% |
| Atrium Health Mercy, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC HC TOBACCO USE CESSATION INTERMEDIATE 3-10 MINUTES File of Oct 29, 2026 · source file | $22.00 | $44.00 | $9.51–$45.51 | 50% |
| MUSC Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, SC · (803) 286-1481 HB SMOKING CESS COUNSEL; 3-10 MIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $24.00 | $48.00 | — | 50% |
| Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville, NC · (704) 660-4000 Smoking Cessation Couns 4-10min+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $34.83 | $129.00 | $11.32–$83.85 | 73% |
| MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center Chester, SC · (803) 581-3151 HB SMOKING CESS/ASYMPTON;>3-10MIN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $36.00 | $72.00 | — | 50% |
| Piedmont Medical Center Fort Mill, SC · (803) 329-1234 SMKE/TOBAC CNSL 3-10MIN File of Apr 15, 2026 · source file | $120.00 | $160.00 | $36.47–$55.19 | 25% |
| Piedmont Medical Center Rock Hill, SC · (803) 329-1234 SMKE/TOBAC CNSL 3-10MIN File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $120.00 | $160.00 | $36.47–$55.19 | 25% |
Outpatient: lowest $12.34, median $22.00, highest $120.00 — a 9.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $22.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 10 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What quit-smoking counseling is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Quit-smoking counseling explained.