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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Kentucky 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 6 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$28.84$25.12 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$25.70 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $26 to $8,511Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $23 to $52
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $794professional $29

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
$25.70
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$134.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$52.48

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 43rd of 51

$28.84

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.