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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

Texas 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 Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 9 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$16.60$10.96 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,000 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $18 to $10,715Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $6 to $28
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $17

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
$870.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.55
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.91
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$138.04

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 18th 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.