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Extra Time For Light Therapy Through A Scope

West 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 4 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$25.70$23.44 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$25.70 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $26 to $1,413Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $23 to $36
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $26professional $26

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
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$42.66

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 49th of 51

$25.70

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.