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Ultraviolet Light Skin Treatment

Washington, DC 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 July 2026.

How much does Ultraviolet Light Skin Treatment cost?

$25.12

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $18.62 to $33.11.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $17 to $41
$20$50$100$200$500professional $25

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$40.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$56.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$58.88

Where Washington, DC sits

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

Washington, DC· 36th of 51

$25.12

AK $54.95OK $21.88

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.