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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

Iowa 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?

$19.95

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $8.91 to $112.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $9 to $7,943Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $138
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $17

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
$8.91
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.75
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$38.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$181.97
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.02
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$181.97

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 19th of 51

$19.95

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.