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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Pennsylvania 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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$26.92$23.99 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$1,514 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,318Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $23 to $46
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $27

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
$537.03
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$37.15
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$50.12
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$44.67
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$83.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$1,412.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$36.31
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$51.29

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 40th of 51

$29.51

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.