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Ultraviolet Light Skin Treatment

North Carolina 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?

$25.70

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $21.88 to $31.62.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $23 to $36Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $18 to $51
$20$50facility $23professional $26

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
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$35.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$60.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$48.98
7 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
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.68

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$25.70

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.