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

Minnesota 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?

$5.01

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.01 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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$4.68$3.98 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$7.94 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $4 to $117Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$5$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $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
$3.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.41
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.32
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$31.62
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$67.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.00
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
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$1.02

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 21st of 51

$5.01

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.