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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Indiana 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 Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$54.95 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$115 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $115 to $5,754Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $40 to $219
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $151professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$338.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$125.89

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 19th 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.