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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

Georgia 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 Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 5 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$309$195 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$324 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $245 to $513Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $93 to $355
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $513professional $309

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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 12th 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.