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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Idaho 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$91.20$74.13 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$72.44 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $48 to $200Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $55 to $148
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $93professional $91

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
$54.95
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$77.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$131.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$144.54

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 28th of 51

$91.20

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.