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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

Massachusetts 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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 7 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$95.50$53.70 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$44.67 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $43 to $1,349Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $47 to $407
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $62professional $95

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
$42.66
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$229.09
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$117.49
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$416.87

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 49th of 51

$95.50

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.