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

Rhode Island 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?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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 4 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$4.47$3.72 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$5.50 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $28Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$5$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $4

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
$6.92
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.51

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 25th of 51

$5.13

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.