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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

New Jersey 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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 5 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$72.44 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$91.20 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $91 to $10,471Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $43 to $145
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$154.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$134.90

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 32nd of 51

$87.10

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.