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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

Maryland 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?

$9.77

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $7.24 to $11.75.

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

Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $12
$5$10$20professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.91

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 46th of 51

$9.77

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.