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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Florida 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 8 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$79.43$54.95 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$60.26 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $31 to $8,710Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $43 to $135
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $617professional $79

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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$38.90
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$147.91
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$102.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 41st of 51

$79.43

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.