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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

Virginia 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $204 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$30.90$23.99 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$33.11 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $26 to $8,318Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $23 to $58
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $204professional $31

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
$30.90
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$44.67
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$61.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$56.23
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$53.70

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$30.90

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.