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

Nebraska 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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 7 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$5.75$4.27 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$9.55 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $4 to $51Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $28
$2$5$10$20$50facility $18professional $6

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
$6.31
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$27.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.71
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.51

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 2nd of 51

$10.23

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.