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Ultraviolet Light Skin Treatment

Idaho 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?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$37.15$30.90 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$41.69 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $31 to $132Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $28 to $44
$20$50$100facility $72professional $37

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
$25.70
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$44.67
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$42.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$42.66
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$42.66
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$151.36
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$39.81
4 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
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 12th of 51

$38.02

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.