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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Minnesota 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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$57.54$38.90 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$63.10 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $34 to $200Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $32 to $93
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $79professional $58

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
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$104.71
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$97.72

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$58.88

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.