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Ultraviolet Light Skin Treatment

Iowa 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$40.74$26.92 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$38.90 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $25 to $115Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $23 to $59
$20$50$100$200facility $56professional $41

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
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$43.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$66.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$67.61
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$57.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
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
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$40.74

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.