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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

North Carolina 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $204 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$407$204 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$158 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $91 to $537Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $141 to $871
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $204professional $407

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
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 2nd of 51

$407

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.