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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

Massachusetts 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$13.49$8.13 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$28.18 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $9 to $5,623Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $28
$10$100$1Kfacility $2,818professional $13

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
$28.18
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$91.20
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.75
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$18.62

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 37th of 51

$13.80

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.