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

Tennessee 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?

$3.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.39 from a physician practice, and about $6.61 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 6 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$3.39$3.24 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.61$3.98 to $15.85

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $43Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $7professional $3

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
$3.24
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$7.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.03

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 50th of 51

$3.80

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.