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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Tennessee 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$28.18$25.12 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$501 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $229 to $4,266Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $24 to $54
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $28

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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$56.23
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$56.23

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 32nd of 51

$31.62

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.