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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

Montana 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 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 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$162$158 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$158 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $110 to $263Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $95 to $380
$100$200$500facility $162professional $162

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 41st of 51

$162

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.