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Light-Activated Treatment For Skin Lesions

Minnesota 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $316 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$263$204 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$200 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $151 to $794Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $151 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $316professional $263

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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$282

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.