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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 July 2026.

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

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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 7 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$7.24$5.13 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$7.94 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $85Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100facility $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
$6.17
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$15.85
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$16.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.72

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 31st 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.