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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Michigan 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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$29.51$25.12 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$33.11 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $28 to $4,898Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $23 to $36
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $1,445professional $30

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
$29.51
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$42.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$43.65

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 39th of 51

$29.51

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.