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

Kansas 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.01$4.27 to $6.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$11.48 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $12professional $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
$4.17
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.91
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.91

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 1st of 51

$11.22

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.