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

Nevada 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 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$4.79$3.39 to $5.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$3.63 to $22.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $32Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $28
$2$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $5

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
$3.31
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$27.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.17
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.92
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 34th of 51

$4.90

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.