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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Colorado 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 July 2026.

How much does Screening Culture With Growth Estimate cost?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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 7 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$20.42$18.20 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$36.31 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $20 to $138Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $10 to $27
$10$20$50$100$200facility $69professional $20

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
$16.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$32.36
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$56.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.95

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$25.70

ND $40.74CT $10.72

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.