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Low-Level Light And Heat Therapy Session

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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$11.75 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$19.50 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $12 to $9,550Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $6 to $219
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $39professional $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
$28.18
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.32
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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$29.51
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.33

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 17th 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.