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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

Pennsylvania 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$12.02$10.96 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$1,585 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,318Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $28
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $12

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
$537.03
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$28.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$3,162.28
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.08
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.72

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 7th of 51

$28.18

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.