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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

New York 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 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 8 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$28.18$12.02 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$1,905 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $19 to $10,965Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $6 to $141
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $28

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
$645.65
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.85
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.30
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.59
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$12.30

Where New York 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.

New York· 3rd of 51

$83.18

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.