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Reading Of Live Skin Microscope Images

Wisconsin 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$102$54.95 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$45.71 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $46 to $135Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $46 to $178
$50$100$200$500facility $68professional $102

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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$245.47
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$91.20
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$91.20
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$190.55
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$102.33
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$173.78
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
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$95.50

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 2nd of 51

$102

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.