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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

New Mexico 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $110 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$120$70.79 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$77.62 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $47 to $3,631Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $68 to $148
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $110professional $120

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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$147.91
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 4th of 51

$112

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.