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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

Minnesota 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?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $162 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$955$102 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$120 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $102 to $4,898Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $47 to $1,202
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $162professional $955

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
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$66.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$724.44

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$955

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.