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Light Therapy for Precancerous Skin

Kansas rates for HCPCS 96573

A light-sensitizing medication is applied to abnormal, sun-damaged patches of skin, and a special light source is then used to activate it and destroy the treated cells. This approach targets areas of skin with early, precancerous changes before they can progress further. It's a non-surgical way to treat these patches without cutting into the skin.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Light Therapy for Precancerous Skin cost?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $295 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 6 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$245$209 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$74.13 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $71 to $871Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $170 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $245

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
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Kansas· 24th of 51

$251

AK $525FL $209

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.