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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Massachusetts 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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 7 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$34.67$28.18 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$32.36 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $23 to $5,129Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $24 to $74
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $1,862professional $35

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
$24.55
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$83.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$70.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$177.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$43.65
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$69.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$36.31

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.