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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Kansas 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 Kansas, 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 $69.18 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 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$93.33$57.54 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$54.95 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $28 to $4,467Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $55 to $209
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $69professional $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
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 22nd 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.