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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Idaho 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$26.30$19.05 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$26.92 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $19 to $81Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $11 to $52
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $26

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
$48.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$38.90
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$35.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$97.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.22

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 14th of 51

$26.92

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.