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Ultraviolet Light Skin Treatment

Kentucky 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.05$16.22 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$22.39 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $19 to $37Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $14 to $33
$20$50$100facility $23professional $19

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$114.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$37.15
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
$10.96
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.68

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$19.05

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.