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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 July 2026.

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

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $9.55 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 5 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$6.46$4.07 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.55$6.03 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $27Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$2$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $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
$4.68
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$18.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$12.30
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$12.59

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 7th of 51

$7.94

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.