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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

Texas 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 9 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$263$191 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$263 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,549Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $93 to $398
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $398professional $263

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
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
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
$66.07
Typical High
$151.36
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 20th of 51

$282

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.