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Light-Based Imaging Of The Middle Ear

Oregon 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?

$79.43

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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 8 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$115$75.86 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$37.15 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $37 to $110Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $56 to $148
$50$100$200facility $54professional $115

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$223.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$204.17
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$91.20
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$53.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$213.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$223.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 40th of 51

$79.43

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.