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

Ohio 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?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $6.17 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.01$3.39 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.17$4.47 to $9.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $6professional $5

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
$4.27
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$15.85
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$6.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.94
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$7.76
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$16.98
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$7.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.13
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.17
4 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$5.25

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 13th of 51

$5.50

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.