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Ultraviolet Light Skin Treatment

Alabama rates for HCPCS 96900

This treatment exposes the skin to ultraviolet light in a controlled setting, used to help manage certain chronic skin conditions such as psoriasis or eczema. It is typically given as a series of sessions over time rather than a single treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ultraviolet Light Skin Treatment cost?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.95$18.20 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$46.77 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $47 to $47Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $16 to $29
$20$50facility $47professional $20

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
12 + 32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 19th of 51

$28.84

AK $53.70KY $19.05

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.