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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Ohio 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 8 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$33.11$26.30 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$87.10 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $28 to $12,589Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $24 to $72
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $33

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
$28.18
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$52.48
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$54.95

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 19th of 51

$38.02

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.