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Light-Activated Treatment For Skin Lesions

Kansas 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $115 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$135 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$74.13 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,445Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $126 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $115professional $166

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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
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
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$26.92

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 25th of 51

$162

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.