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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

Tennessee 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $389 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$288$158 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$148 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,349Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $63 to $437
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $389professional $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
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$309.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 17th of 51

$288

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.