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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Washington, DC 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?

$22.91

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $22.91 to $51.29.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $23 to $7,762Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $23 to $33
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $23

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
$22.91
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$69.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$22.91

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.