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

Maryland 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 6 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$4.68$3.24 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$30.90 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $3 to $76Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17
$2$5$10$20$50facility $66professional $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
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$26.92
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$5.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$10.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$4.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$6.46

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 41st of 51

$4.68

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.