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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Arizona 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$83.18$70.79 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$43.65 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $22 to $4,074Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $47 to $138
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $71professional $83

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
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 39th of 51

$81.28

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.