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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Alaska rates for HCPCS 0486T

A light-based scan that produces cross-sectional images of the middle ear, the air-filled space behind the eardrum, without any incision. A probe is directed into the ear canal and the returning light is used to build a picture of the eardrum and what lies immediately behind it, which is then interpreted and reported. It shows more than an ordinary look with a standard scope.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear cost?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $105 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 6 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$112$42.66 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$72.44 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $51 to $158Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $34 to $275
$50$100$200$500facility $105professional $112

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$389.05

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Minnesota than in Nebraska. 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· 5th of 51

$112

MN $617NE $56.23

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.