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

New Mexico 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?

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.72$3.47 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$7.41 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $4 to $41Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50facility $20professional $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
$3.24
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.89
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.27

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 44th of 51

$3.98

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.