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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Louisiana 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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 4 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$74.13$63.10 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$58.88 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $42 to $2,239Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $39 to $148
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $74professional $74

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
$69.18
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$120.23

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 45th of 51

$74.13

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.