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Light-Based Measurement Of Tissue Oxygen

Washington rates for HCPCS 0631T

Measures how much oxygen is present in the tissue just beneath the skin by imaging the area with a camera that reads many separate wavelengths of visible light. Nothing is inserted and no blood is taken, and the readings are interpreted and written up in a report.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Light-Based Measurement Of Tissue Oxygen cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$151$112 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$74.13 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $25 to $158Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $110 to $229
$50$100$200facility $115professional $151

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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$114.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 2041.7 times more in New York than in Arkansas. 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.

Washington· 17th of 41

$135

NY $50,119AR $24.55

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.