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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 October 2026.

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

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.13$4.27 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$5.50 to $10.96

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $7professional $5

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
$3.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.49
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$26.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.22
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.32
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$6.03

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.