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Ultraviolet Light Skin Treatment

Rhode Island 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.30$20.89 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$70.79 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $60 to $141Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $17 to $42
$20$50$100facility $78professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$39.81

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 27th of 51

$26.92

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.