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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

New Mexico 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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$30.20$20.42 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$36.31 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $32 to $2,089Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $19 to $126
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $42professional $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
$35.48
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$36.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$67.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$60.26

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 36th of 51

$30.90

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.