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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

Missouri 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 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 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$219$158 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$95.50 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $63 to $219Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $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
$63.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 31st of 51

$214

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.