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

South Carolina 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?

$6.76

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.01$4.27 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$13.49 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $6 to $48Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $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
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.76
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$5.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$6.03
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.68

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 6th of 51

$6.76

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.