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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire, 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 $4,169 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$60.26 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$3,631 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $7,413Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $50 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,169professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$138.04
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 20th 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.