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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

California 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 8 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$288$95.50 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$219 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $95 to $2,512Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $40 to $407
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $550professional $288

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
$389.05
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69

Where California 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.

California· 15th of 51

$309

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.