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

Illinois 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 Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $6.17 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$3.63$3.31 to $4.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.17$4.27 to $11.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$5$10$20$50facility $6professional $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
$3.63
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.61
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.76
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$54.95
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.62
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$2.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$0.85

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 36th 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.