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

Virginia 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?

$3.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.16$2.57 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.17$4.27 to $10.96

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $22Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $6professional $3

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
$3.24
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$7.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.24
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.32
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$8.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.17
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.01
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
$1.58
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.81

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 46th of 51

$3.89

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.