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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Kentucky 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 Kentucky, 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 $398 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 6 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$63.10 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$50.12 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $43 to $7,244Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $43 to $191
$100$1K$10Kfacility $398professional $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
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$12,302.69
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$489.78
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
$75.86
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 24th 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.