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Ultraviolet Light Skin Treatment

Minnesota 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$47.86$36.31 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$38.02 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $29 to $170Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $29 to $93
$20$50$100$200$500facility $59professional $48

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
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$109.65
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$77.62
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$51.29

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.