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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

Michigan 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 Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $141 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$219$95.50 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$132 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $95 to $224Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $68 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $141professional $219

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
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$169.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$2,570.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 35th 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.