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Fungal Culture Of Skin, Hair Or Nail

Arizona 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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 6 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$7.76$6.17 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$9.12 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $7 to $37Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $49
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $16professional $8

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
$9.12
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$48.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.75
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$10.47

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 24th of 51

$8.91

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.