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Ultraviolet Light Skin Treatment

Arkansas 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$23.99$20.42 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$32.36 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $32 to $46Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $17 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $24

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.02
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
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 24th of 51

$28.18

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.