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

North Carolina 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?

$4.07

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $5.89 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$4.07$3.39 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.89$3.39 to $11.75

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $6professional $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
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$6.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$8.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.75

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 41st of 51

$4.07

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.