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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

Alaska rates for HCPCS 0353T

After a piece of breast tissue has been taken out, a light-based scan is made of the walls of the space left behind, in real time while the patient is still in the operating room. Near-infrared light gives a close-up view of the tissue lining the cavity.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity cost?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $234 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 6 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$282$95.50 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$135 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $93 to $537Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $59 to $977
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $234professional $282

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
$194.98
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 16.6 times more in Minnesota than in Mississippi. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 23rd of 51

$245

MN $955MS $57.54

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.