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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Texas 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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$28.18$23.44 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$174 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $29 to $6,918Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $21 to $47
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $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
$831.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.02
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$53.70
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$56.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$47.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$36.31

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 31st of 51

$32.36

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.