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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Connecticut 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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$44.67$26.92 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$1,479 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $120 to $8,511Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $23 to $76
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,467professional $45

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
$125.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$70.79
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$70.79

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 7th of 51

$51.29

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.