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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Missouri 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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$100$72.44 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$38.90 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $32 to $6,310Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $45 to $186
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $85professional $100

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
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$141.25

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 15th of 51

$100

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.