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Light-Activated Treatment For Skin Lesions

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 96567

A treatment session in which a light-sensitive medication applied to the skin is activated by shining a special light on the treated area, destroying precancerous skin lesions and some abnormal areas on nearby lip or mouth tissue. It is a non-surgical option for treating these lesions without cutting into the skin.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Light-Activated Treatment For Skin Lesions cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $170 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$115 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$151 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $89 to $692Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $98 to $204
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $170professional $132

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.49

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Arkansas· 24th of 51

$166

AK $347KY $107

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.