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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Connecticut 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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$100$85.11 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$437 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $162 to $9,120Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $59 to $331
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $100

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
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$208.93
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 10th of 51

$105

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.