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Skin Cell Imaging With a Confocal Microscope

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 96932

A special microscope is held against the skin to produce highly detailed images of the individual cells inside a suspicious spot, without cutting anything out. The images can show features suggesting whether the spot is harmless or needs to be removed and examined. It is used for spots whose appearance alone does not give a clear answer.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Skin Cell Imaging With a Confocal Microscope cost?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$245$186 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$141 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $141 to $525Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $141 to $479
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $251professional $245

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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· 3rd of 51

$245

AK $331NY $15.49

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.