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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Colorado 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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$93.33$56.23 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$53.70 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $47 to $4,786Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $47 to $155
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $83professional $93

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
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$138.04
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$147.91
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$162.18

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$93.33

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.