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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 July 2026.

How much does Screening Culture With Growth Estimate cost?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 5 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$7.76$7.76 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$26.92 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $16 to $76Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $8

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
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$26.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$38.90
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$47.86

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 51st of 51

$10.72

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.