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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Louisiana 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$30.90$26.30 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$331 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $31 to $3,890Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $21 to $42
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,072professional $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
$38.02
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$32.36
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$51.29

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$41.69

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.