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Skin Treatment Add-On Step

Alaska rates for HCPCS 0480T

An additional step performed as part of a skin treatment session, generally done together with a related primary skin procedure rather than by itself. Ask your provider how this step relates to your overall treatment plan.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skin Treatment Add-On Step cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$186$115 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$95.50 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $76 to $12,023Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $85 to $407
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $115professional $186

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$165.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$416.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 47.9 times more in California than in Minnesota. 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.

Alaska· 16th of 51

$166

CA $3,236MN $67.61

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.