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

New Hampshire 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?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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$4.27$2.75 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$8.13 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $25Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$2$5$10$20facility $14professional $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
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$17.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.31
1 more rate 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
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service + 53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.12

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 26th of 51

$4.68

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.