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UVB Light Therapy with Tar Treatment

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 96910

A skin treatment that combines a coal tar or similar preparation applied to the skin with exposure to ultraviolet B (UVB) light, commonly used for widespread psoriasis or similar chronic skin conditions. The combination is intended to slow down abnormal skin cell growth and reduce inflammation more effectively than light therapy alone.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does UVB Light Therapy with Tar Treatment cost?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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$105$81.28 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$31.62 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $28 to $123Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $65 to $145
$50$100$200facility $58professional $105

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
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$112.20
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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· 41st of 51

$100

AK $263AL $63.10

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.