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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 0552T

Applies low-level light energy together with gentle warmth to an area of the body during a treatment session given by a clinician. Nothing is cut and no needle is used; the energy is delivered to the outside of the body over the area being treated.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 55 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$15.85$8.51 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$70.79 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $11 to $10,965Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $6 to $126
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $16

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
$28.18
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$15.85

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 20.0 times more in Ohio than in Mississippi. 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.

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OH $123MS $6.17

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.