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Confocal Microscopy of a Skin Lesion

Nebraska 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?

$269

Typical physician fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $178 to $363.

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 $269 · 10th to 90th $158 to $955
$200$500$1Kprofessional $269

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
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$426.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 51

$269

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.