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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Nebraska 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?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $54.95 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$54.95$53.70 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$63.10 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $50 to $4,365Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $47 to $204
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $148professional $55

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
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 51st of 51

$56.23

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.