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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 July 2026.

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

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $10.96 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$4.90$3.98 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$6.46 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $5

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
$10.00
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.17
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$15.49
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.47
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$16.22
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$7.08

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 16th of 51

$5.62

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.