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

Missouri 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?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $7.59 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$4.79$2.95 to $8.32
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.59$5.50 to $14.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $100Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $8professional $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
$3.63
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.61
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
$1.82
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.98

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 18th of 51

$5.13

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.