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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Georgia 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?

$33.88

Typical physician fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $26.30 to $46.77.

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 $4,571 · 10th to 90th $35 to $7,413Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $24 to $54
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $31

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
$33.11
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$63.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$61.66

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 27th of 51

$33.88

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.