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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 October 2026.

How much does Skin, Hair, Or Nail Sample Exam For Fungus Or Mites cost?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$4.07 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$8.13 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $3 to $78Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $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
$2.82
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$16.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.76
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$2.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.51

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 17th 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.