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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Georgia 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 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$12.02$9.55 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$21.88 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $12 to $93Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $26
$5$10$20$50$100facility $31professional $12

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
$18.20
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$18.62
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$56.23
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
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.25

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 49th of 51

$12.59

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.