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Fungal Culture Of Skin, Hair Or Nail

Alabama rates for HCPCS 87101

A scraping or clipping of skin, hair or nail is placed on a growth medium in the laboratory to see whether a fungus grows, and anything that grows is given a preliminary identification. It is used to confirm conditions such as ringworm, athlete's foot or a fungal nail infection before treatment is started. Fungi grow slowly, so results take longer than a bacterial culture.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fungal Culture Of Skin, Hair Or Nail cost?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.92 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.92$6.46 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$8.91 to $12.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $15Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $9
$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $7

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
$7.76
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$10.72

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in South Carolina than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 35th of 51

$7.76

SC $22.39DC $5.75

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.