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Confocal Microscopy of a Skin Lesion

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 96931

A skin examination that uses a special microscope held against the skin to view individual cells beneath the surface without cutting or removing any tissue. It is used to assess a suspicious spot or growth and can help decide whether a biopsy is needed. This covers the examination of one lesion; further lesions looked at during the same visit are billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Confocal Microscopy of a Skin Lesion cost?

$380

Typical physician fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $257 to $490.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $204 to $631
$200$500$1Kprofessional $380

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Ohio. 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· 2nd of 51

$380

AK $407OH $129

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.