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Skin, Hair, Or Nail Sample Exam For Fungus Or Mites

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87220

A small sample of skin, hair, or nail is treated with a special solution and examined directly under a microscope to look for fungal infection or tiny parasites such as scabies mites. Results are typically available quickly since the sample is examined right away rather than grown in a culture over several days.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Skin, Hair, Or Nail Sample Exam For Fungus Or Mites cost?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.55$5.62 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$14.45 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $4 to $100Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $10

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.17
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$151.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$17.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$27.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$44.67

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Kansas 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$10.00

KS $11.22MD $3.47

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.