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Light-Based Scan Of A Skin Lesion

Michigan rates for HCPCS 0470T

A handheld scanner is held against the skin and uses light waves to build cross-sectional pictures of the layers just below the surface, so the structure of a lesion can be examined without cutting it out. The images are reviewed and a report is written. It covers the first lesion examined in the session.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Light-Based Scan Of A Skin Lesion cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $174 to $224.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $28 to $513Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $174 to $245
$50$100$200$500facility $69professional $195

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$512.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$85.11

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 1995.3 times more in Kentucky than in Wyoming. 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.

Michigan· 15th of 39

$195

KY $56,234WY $28.18

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.