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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

South Dakota 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 7 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$44.67$28.18 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$41.69 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $34 to $4,365Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $25 to $63
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $63professional $45

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$407.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$58.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 14th of 51

$44.67

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.