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Long Light Therapy Session For Severe Skin Disease

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 96913

An intensive light treatment for severe skin conditions such as psoriasis, in which medication is applied to the skin or taken beforehand to make it sensitive to light, and ultraviolet light is then delivered. This version covers a long session lasting several hours under direct medical supervision, and includes applying the medication and dressings.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Long Light Therapy Session For Severe Skin Disease cost?

$145

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $117 to $158.

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 $158 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,089Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $102 to $158
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $158professional $145

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$363.08

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Washington, DC· 41st of 51

$145

AK $372FL $135

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.