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UVB Light Therapy with Tar Treatment

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does UVB Light Therapy with Tar Treatment cost?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $112 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$110$74.13 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$87.10 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $60 to $148Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $65 to $204
$50$100$200$500facility $112professional $110

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$83.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$177.83
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. 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· 31st of 51

$112

AK $269RI $89.13

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.