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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

New York 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 9 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$26.30 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,622 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $34 to $7,413Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $23 to $71
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$30.20
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$64.57
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$104.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$72.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$52.48
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$63.10
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$74.13
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$100.00
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$79.43

Where New York 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 York· 10th of 51

$48.98

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.