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

Alabama 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.89$2.57 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$10.47 to $10.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $10Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20facility $10professional $4

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
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$4.27
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
$1.91
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$0.98

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 24th of 51

$4.90

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.