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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$7.59$7.59 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$19.05 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $10 to $56Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $89
$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $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
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.55
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$52.48
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$17.38

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 48th 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.