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Reading Of Light Scan Of Breast Surgical Cavity

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 0354T

The professional reading of a light-based scan of the space left in the breast after tissue has been removed. The images are reviewed and a written report is issued, either during the operation or afterwards. It covers the interpretation only, not the scanning itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Reading Of Light Scan Of Breast Surgical Cavity cost?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 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 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$525$97.72 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$166 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $22 to $871Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $7 to $1,047
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $234professional $525

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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 141.3 times more in North Carolina than in Rhode Island. 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.

South Carolina· 11th of 51

$525

NC $933RI $6.61

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.