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Reading Of Cell-Level Skin Images, Extra Spot

Alaska rates for HCPCS 96936

A specialist studies highly magnified pictures already taken of a further patch of skin, detailed enough to show individual cells, and writes up what those pictures show. Nothing is done to the skin under this service and no pictures are taken as part of it; capturing the images is handled separately. It is billed in addition to the main procedure when more than one spot has been imaged.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Reading Of Cell-Level Skin Images, Extra Spot cost?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$120$93.33 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$77.62 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $71 to $132Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $65 to $162
$50$100facility $93professional $120

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
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$151.36
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.0 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$120

AK $120OH $19.95

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.