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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Montana 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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$43.65$41.69 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$41.69 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $39 to $48Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $29 to $126
$20$50$100facility $44professional $44

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$57.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$47.86
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$47.86
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$48.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 16th of 51

$43.65

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.