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Fungal Culture Of Skin, Hair Or Nail

Nebraska 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$10.23$5.13 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$15.14 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $8 to $100Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $51
$5$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $10

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
$11.22
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$14.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.85
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$15.49

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$17.38

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.