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Light Scan Of The Breast Surgical Cavity

Virginia 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 7 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$309$195 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$174 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $105 to $912Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $105 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $363professional $309

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
$104.71
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$371.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$549.54
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,230.27
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 9th of 51

$316

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.