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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

Washington, DC 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?

$11.75

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $11.75 to $28.18.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $12 to $7,762Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $28
$10$100$1Kfacility $2,138professional $12

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
$11.75
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.94
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.32

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 41st of 51

$11.75

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.