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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Arizona rates for HCPCS 96571

Covers additional treatment time when light is delivered through a scope to destroy abnormal tissue that has been made sensitive to light by a drug given beforehand. It is added on top of the main treatment session when more time is needed to cover the area. The light itself does not burn or cut; it activates the drug that has collected in the abnormal tissue.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope cost?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.92$23.99 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$166 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $35 to $6,457Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $23 to $126
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $2,042professional $27

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$47.86

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 123.0 times more in California than in Washington, DC. 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.

Arizona· 30th of 51

$32.36

CA $2,818DC $22.91

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.