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Ultraviolet Light Skin Treatment

Tennessee 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?

$22.91

Typical physician fee. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $19.95 to $42.66.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $30 to $54Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $18 to $209
$10$20$50$100$200facility $42professional $23

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
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
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
$10.00
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.62

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 47th of 51

$22.91

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.