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Light-Activated Treatment For Skin Lesions

Virginia 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$132 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$178 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $110 to $4,365Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $123 to $204
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $501professional $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
$144.54
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$181.97
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09
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
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.45

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd of 51

$148

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.