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

Iowa 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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$7.94$5.01 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$6.46 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $4 to $102Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $27
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $12professional $8

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
$6.31
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$9.77
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$10.00

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.