Used excel HR for Sale: Current Listings, Used Price Range and What to Check

A used Cutera excel HR is listed at $16,975 to $49,000 as of November 2026, with a median asking price of $28,750 across 8 listings from 6 sellers.

The price box and price-point table above show every listing behind that range.

Model year does not track price in this set: a 2023 unit is listed at $24,000, while a refurbished 2016 unit with a parts and labor warranty is listed at $39,950.

The lowest listing, a 2016 unit at $16,975, states 452,984 Nd:YAG pulses and 219,492 alexandrite pulses and comes with a 90-day warranty.

Three of the 8 listings, at $30,000, $47,999 and $49,000, come from one dealer, so the top of the range rests on a single seller.

The 2023 unit's $24,000 is a "starting at" price, and that listing shows no pulse count.

Units now marked sold out were listed at $17,975 for a 2021 excel HR, $39,000 for a 2022 unit and $30,975 for a 2024 unit, so treat those as past asking prices only.

One dealer shows a struck-through "regular" price of $145,000, but that is not a verified new price, so this page shows no used-versus-new gap.

Cutera's US product menu still listed the excel HR in November 2026.

Used units listed in November 2026 run from model year 2016 to 2023, and 2 of the 8 listings state no year.

FDA cleared the excel HR inside Cutera's Family of CoolGlide Aesthetic Lasers 510(k), K153671, on March 9, 2016, and that file lists excel HR software testing.

CoolGlide itself no longer appears on Cutera's product menu, so CoolGlide units are the legacy line and the excel HR is the current one.

Ask for the build date on the console label, since listings give model years and one 2016 unit states a June 2016 manufacture date.

The Cutera excel HR is a dual-wavelength hair-removal laser that delivers 755 nm alexandrite and 1064 nm Nd:YAG light through a handpiece with motorized spot-size adjustment, so there are no fibers to swap.

The spot sizes above are the cleared range for the whole CoolGlide family, so confirm the excel HR's own spot sizes on the unit's labeling.

The excel HR is one of the 755 nm alexandrite systems priced side by side.

Cutera states that the excel HR 755 nm wavelength is indicated for temporary and permanent hair reduction on all skin types, Fitzpatrick I–VI, including tanned skin.

Cutera lists these indications for the excel HR:

• 755 nm: temporary and permanent hair reduction, Fitzpatrick I–VI, including tanned skin
• 755 nm: benign pigmented lesions
• 755 nm: wrinkles
• 755 nm: vascular lesions
• 1064 nm: use on all skin types

The excel HR is FDA-cleared through the CoolGlide family 510(k) K153671, so describe it to staff and patients as FDA-cleared, not FDA-approved.

Two dealer listings in November 2026 name the handpiece, the footswitch and the system key as included with the excel HR console.

One of those listings adds the operator manual, and the other adds the system interlock.

• Console
• Handpiece
• Footswitch or foot pedal
• System key
• System interlock
• Operator manual

Warranty differs by seller: one 2016 unit comes with 90 days, and a refurbished 2016 unit comes with a parts and labor warranty.

Because Cutera sizes the spot by motor rather than by swapping fibers, test the handpiece across its full spot-size range.

Check five things on a used excel HR: the pulse counts, the handpiece, Cutera's terms, the service records and the serial match.

1. Pulse counts: ask for the Nd:YAG and alexandrite counts separately and in writing, since one 2016 unit shows 452,984 and 219,492 pulses and 6 of the 8 listings in our data show none.
2. Handpiece: watch the motorized spot size step through every setting on both wavelengths.
3. Cutera's terms: get Cutera's written answer on registering and servicing the serial number before you pay.
4. Service records: ask for the dates of the last preventive maintenance and any repairs.
5. Serial match: match the serial on the console to the listing, the invoice and the service records.

Ask for a photo of the counter screen when a stated count looks far too low for the unit's age.

Our guide on how to buy a used aesthetic laser beyond the excel HR walks through the same checks for any used laser.

Cutera does not publish a transfer or recertification fee for the excel HR, and its US customer-support page names no pre-owned policy.

Ask Cutera in writing what it charges to register a used excel HR to you before you agree a price.

Cutera's fiscal 2023 annual report says it offers post-warranty extended service contracts covering parts and labor, so price a contract alongside the unit.

Cutera describes sapphire contact cooling on the excel HR, while Candela's Gentle Pro Series lasers use DCD cryogen cooling.

Cutera filed pre-packaged Chapter 11 cases on March 5, 2025, and told customers that month that the process had no impact on product availability, service or support.

Federal rules under 21 CFR 801.109 let a prescription device be sold only to, or on the order of, a licensed practitioner.

States add their own rules, and Georgia, for example, defines lasers as prescription devices that can be sold only to licensed practitioners with prescriptive authority.

Check the excel HR's labeling and your state's rules before you agree a price.

The closest alternatives to a used excel HR are the Candela GentleMax Pro, listed at $29,900–$79,995, and the Cynosure Elite iQ, listed at $37,000–$59,999, as of November 2026.

The Cynosure Elite+ is a third option, with used units listed at $39,000 and $49,500 in November 2026.

All three use 755 nm alexandrite and 1064 nm Nd:YAG wavelengths, like the excel HR.

The Elite iQ has 5 listings from 5 sellers, and its fee and specs are on the used Elite iQ page, an excel HR alternative.

The GentleMax Pro has the most listings of the three at 10, and it cools with DCD cryogen rather than sapphire contact.

The excel HR's $16,975 low end sits below the lowest asking price of all three.