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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Maryland 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?

$25.12

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $22.91 to $31.62.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $129 to $129Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $23 to $79
$20$50$100facility $129professional $25

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$125.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$61.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$54.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$25.12

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.