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Whole-Body Skin Photography For Monitoring

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 96904

This service creates a set of photographs covering the skin over the entire body, establishing a baseline record for tracking moles and other skin spots over time. It is used for patients at higher risk of skin cancer, such as those with many atypical moles. Comparing images from one visit to the next helps a dermatologist notice new or changing spots that may need closer evaluation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Whole-Body Skin Photography For Monitoring cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $145 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$132$100 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$95.50 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $76 to $347Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $76 to $263
$100$200$500facility $145professional $132

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
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$138

AK $155FL $56.23

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.