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Light-Activated Treatment For Skin Lesions

Mississippi 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$145$117 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$200 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,000Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $100 to $209
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $145

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
$125.89
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
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
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.89

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 39th of 51

$145

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.