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Reading Of Live Skin Microscope Images

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does Reading Of Live Skin Microscope Images cost?

$115

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $60.26 to $135.

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

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $43 to $166
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $115

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$138.04
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$70.79

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Connecticut than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $115 · 3rd of 47
CT $219FL $35.48

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.