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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Oklahoma 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?

$89.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $251 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 4 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$81.28$70.79 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$115 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $69 to $4,074Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $62 to $115
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $251professional $81

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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$112.20

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 31st of 51

$89.13

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.