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

Michigan 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 Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $5.25 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$4.27$3.24 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.25$4.07 to $15.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $39Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$5$10$20facility $5professional $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
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$1.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$0.85
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.17
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$40.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.16
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$1.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.76
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$0.81
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.17

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 37th 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.