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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

New York 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $234 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 8 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$135$105 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$132 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $40 to $1,047Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $52 to $407
$100$1K$10Kfacility $234professional $135

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
$158.49
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$371.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$162.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$104.71
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$316.23
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$89.13

Where New York 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 York· 44th of 51

$135

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.