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

Florida 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $7.94 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.55$2.57 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.94$4.79 to $7.94

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $25Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $15
$2$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $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
$3.55
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$0.74
Typical High
$0.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.25
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.51
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$28.18
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$54.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$4.27

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 33rd of 51

$4.27

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.