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Light Scan Of Removed Breast Tissue During Surgery

Texas rates for HCPCS 0351T

A light-based scan of tissue taken out during breast surgery — a piece of breast tissue or a lymph node from the armpit — carried out in real time while the patient is still in the operating room. Near-infrared light produces detailed cross-sectional pictures of the specimen so the surgical team can look at it straight away.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Light Scan Of Removed Breast Tissue During Surgery cost?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$741$468 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$741 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $234 to $4,467Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,122
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0Kfacility $1,122professional $741

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$537.03

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Minnesota than in Mississippi. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Texas $794 · 18th of 51
MN $1,202MS $145

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.