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Long Light Therapy Session For Severe Skin Disease

Louisiana 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $389 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 5 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$158$135 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$182 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $158 to $759Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $117 to $200
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $389professional $158

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
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$144.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$158

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.