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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

Montana 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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$15.14$7.24 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$16.60 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $17Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $17
$10$20$50facility $17professional $15

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
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.98
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.24

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 23rd of 51

$16.60

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.