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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

Alaska 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$28.18$14.45 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$14.45 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $6 to $14,125Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $14 to $40
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $19professional $28

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$28.18
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.20
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$63.10
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$24.55

Where Alaska sits

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.

Alaska· 10th of 51

$28.18

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.