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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

Missouri 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$20.89$9.33 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,778 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $9 to $7,762Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $6 to $191
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $21

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
$12.02
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$120.23

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 2nd of 51

$100

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.