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Ultraviolet Light Skin Treatment

Louisiana 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.88$19.50 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$14.45 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $14 to $85Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $17 to $30
$20$50$100facility $21professional $22

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
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$31.62
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
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.62

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 48th of 51

$21.88

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.