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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Colorado 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?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 7 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$26.92 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$40.74 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $28 to $7,586Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $23 to $65
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$26.92
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$56.23
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$50.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$104.71
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$64.57

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 28th of 51

$33.11

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.