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

Idaho 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $9.55 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$5.13$4.27 to $8.32
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.55$6.46 to $15.85

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $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
$7.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.17
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$22.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.32
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.32
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.32
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.49
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$18.62
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$9.33

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 4th of 51

$7.24

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.