South Carolina Medicaid behavioral health rates
South Carolina Medicaid pays $33.49 per 30 min ($66.98 an hour) for mental health counseling delivered by a licensed mental health clinician, effective November 1, 2025. Below: 7 more behavioral health rates compared with every state we track, the wages of the staff who deliver them, and recent rate changes.
- Mental health counseling
- $33.49per 30 min · $66.98/hr
- Rank among states
- —
- Mental health counselor median wage
- $25.18BLS May 2025
- South Carolina minimum wage
- $7.25
South Carolina behavioral health rates vs other states
Fee-for-service, like-for-like by provider level. Click a rate to open South Carolina's official fee schedule.
| Service | Provider level | Code | SC rate | Unit | Per hour | Rank | Median across states | Lowest | Highest | States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental health counseling | Licensed mental health clinician | H0046 | $33.49 | 30 min | $66.98 | — | $21.21 | $0.45 | $28.05 | 9 |
| Outpatient psychotherapy and diagnostic evaluation | Licensed mental health clinician | 90836 | $61.80 | 45 min | — | — | $81.42 | $20.33 | $302.03 | 25 |
| Mental health assessment (non-physician) | Physician or licensed psychologist | H0002 | $83.45 | — | — | 17 of 24 | $117.85 | $9.66 | $687.46 | 24 |
| Skills training and development | Physician or licensed psychologist | H2014 | $28.21 | 15 min | $112.84 | 2 of 28 | $44.80/hr | $8.60 | $120.60 | 28 |
| Therapeutic behavioral services | Physician or licensed psychologist | H2019 | $14.55 | 15 min | $58.20 | 18 of 26 | $85.46/hr | $16.80 | $825.88 | 26 |
| Mental health service plan development | Licensed mental health clinician | 99366 | $44.43 | — | — | 7 of 17 | $37.51 | $10.00 | $338.84 | 17 |
| Community-based wraparound services | Licensed mental health clinician | Not published | $98.52/hr | $6.28 | $3,451.36 | 11 | ||||
| Psychiatric residential treatment (daily) | All levels | $525.00 | day | — | 9 of 13 | $677.80/day | $283.19 | $1,244.07 | 13 | |
| Inpatient psychiatric stay (per day) | All levels | $800.00 | per member per day | — | — | $951.97/day | $287.00 | $1,345.00 | 9 | |
Mental health counseling: where South Carolina ranks
States whose published unit can't be converted are left out of the ranking.
| # | State | Rate | Unit | Per hour | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | $28.05 | — | — | 2021-01-01 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | $27.43 | — | — | 2022-01-01 |
| 3 | New Hampshire | $27.38 | — | — | 2023-07-01 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | $22.95 | — | — | 2025-09-01 |
| 5 | Ohio | $21.21 | — | — | 2020-06-12 |
| 6 | Connecticut | $21.14 | — | — | 2026-01-01 |
| 7 | North Carolina | $18.49 | — | — | 2025-10-01 |
| 8 | Michigan | $8.62 | — | — | 2018-01-01 |
| 9 | Minnesota | $0.45 | — | — | 2024-01-01 |
What it costs to deliver in South Carolina
Median hourly wages from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey (May 2025).
| Role | SC median | US median | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental health counselor | $25.18 | $28.53 | -11.7% |
| Mental health social worker | $19.20 | $28.98 | -33.7% |
| Clinical psychologist | $44.57 | $48.36 | -7.8% |
| Psychiatrist | $114.06 | $135.51 | -15.8% |
| Nurse practitioner | $59.28 | $63.61 | -6.8% |
| Psychiatric technician | $19.70 | $21.70 | -9.2% |
Recent South Carolina behavioral health rate changes
The workspace adds every modifier, region and provider variant, full rate history, proposed changes, coverage and prior-authorization rules, managed-care plans and a unit-economics calculator. All of it is available through the API.
Rates are taken from South Carolina's official Medicaid publications, and each one links to its source. Confirm with the payer before billing. Managed-care plans may pay differently from fee-for-service.