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Fungal Culture Of Skin, Hair Or Nail

Georgia 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 October 2026.

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

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.37$3.80 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$7.76 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $27Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $15
$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $5

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$13.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$15.14
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$11.75
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$16.22
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
$2.57
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.51

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Georgia· 37th of 51

$6.92

AK $18.20MD $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.