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Reading Of Live Skin Microscope Images

Indiana rates for HCPCS 96933

The specialist's review and written report of very high-magnification images of a skin spot taken with a device that looks at living skin cell by cell without cutting into it. The reading is of the first lesion examined and helps decide whether the spot needs to be removed. Taking the images is charged separately from this reading.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Reading Of Live Skin Microscope Images cost?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $123 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$40.74$22.39 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$42.66 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $22 to $2,089Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $19 to $62
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $123professional $41

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$52.48
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$81.28
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$83.18
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.12

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in Missouri. 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$40.74

AK $126MO $28.84

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.