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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 87084

A laboratory culture in which a sample is grown on a plate to see whether disease-causing bacteria are present. Alongside the presence or absence of growth, the amount of growth is estimated by comparing the plate against a reference standard. It is a screening step, and further work is needed to name the exact organism.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Screening Culture With Growth Estimate cost?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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$16.22$7.76 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$30.90 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $12 to $43Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $6 to $41
$10$20$50facility $31professional $16

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
$18.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$38.02
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.60

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Arkansas· 10th of 51

$27.54

AK $60.26AL $10.47

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.