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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

Kentucky 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $132 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$195$105 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$72.44 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $72 to $1,514Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $72 to $398
$100$1K$10Kfacility $132professional $195

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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$257.04
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$45,708.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 36th of 51

$195

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.