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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

Illinois 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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$7.94$6.46 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,122 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $6 to $7,762Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $28
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $8

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
$5.75
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$21.88
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$22.39

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 47th of 51

$8.91

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.