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

Louisiana 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?

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $6.17 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 5 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$5.13$4.57 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.17$5.13 to $12.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $24Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$1.0$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $6professional $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
$4.57
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.51
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.24

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $5.25 · 21st of 51
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.