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

Colorado 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 July 2026.

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

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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$3.98$3.24 to $5.01
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$6.17 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $3 to $21Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $11professional $4

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
$2.69
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$5.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.91
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.27

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in South Dakota 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.

Colorado· 39th of 51

$4.68

SD $31.62DC $3.24

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.