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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

Alabama 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $57.54 to $309.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $58 to $58Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $58 to $324
$100$200$500facility $58professional $158

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
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 42nd of 51

$158

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.