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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

New Mexico 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $263 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$257$158 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$158 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $98 to $617Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $93 to $389
$100$200$500facility $263professional $257

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
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 21st of 51

$257

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.