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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

Nebraska 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $324 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$288$95.50 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$170 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $100 to $708Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $93 to $1,660
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $324professional $288

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
$100.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$309

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.