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Doctor visits and therapy CPT 96130 South Carolina Outpatient

Psychological testing, 1st hour cost in South Carolina

In South Carolina, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for psychological testing evaluation by a psychologist or physician, first hour: from $131.50 to $653.94, with a median of $361.26. The lowest price is at MUSC Health Black River Medical Center (Cades). The highest price is 5.0× the lowest.

  • The median here, $361.26, is 16% above the US median of $310.95.
  • That is 1.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($220.60).
  • South Carolina ranks 22nd of 29 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 96130. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 28, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$131.50MUSC Health Black River Medical Center
Median$361.26half of hospitals charge less
Highest$653.94in South Carolina
Lowest saves$229.76vs the median

Hospitals in South Carolina, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center lowest Cades · Cades, SC HB PSYCH TESTING EVAL; 1ST HOUR $131.50 $263.00 Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Health - Orangeburg Orangeburg · Orangeburg, SC HB PSYCH TESTING EVAL; 1ST HOUR $162.00 $324.00 Apr 1, 2026
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HB PSYCH TESTING EVAL; 1ST HOUR $162.00 $324.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Edgefield County Healthcare An Affiliate of Self R Edgefield · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC HC Psycl Tst Eval Phys/Qhp 1st Hr $560.52 $934.20 Mar 30, 2026
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Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood · Greenwood, SC HC Psycl Tst Eval Phys/Qhp 1st Hr $560.52 $934.20 Mar 30, 2026
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Abbeville Area Medical Center Abbeville · Greenwood, SC HC Psycl Tst Eval Phys/Qhp 1st Hr $653.94 $934.20 Mar 30, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Greenwood, SC 2 $560.52 $607.23
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 1 $560.52 $560.52
Cades, SC 1 $131.50 $131.50
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 1 $162.00 $162.00
Orangeburg, SC 1 $162.00 $162.00
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

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Psychological testing evaluation by a psychologist or physician, first hour in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.