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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Massachusetts 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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$85.11$56.23 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$54.95 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $51 to $3,388Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $48 to $129
$100$1K$10Kfacility $68professional $85

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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$123.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$117.49
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$74.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$123.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 35th of 51

$85.11

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.