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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

Colorado 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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 6 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$9.77$6.92 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$19.05 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $7 to $8,913Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $28
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $10

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
$6.92
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.80
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$28.18
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.45
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.12

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 36th of 51

$14.13

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.