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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Connecticut 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $11.75 to $25.12.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $10 to $68Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $27
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $14

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.90
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$47.86
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
$3.31
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.55

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 43rd of 51

$15.49

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.