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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Illinois 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$18.62$4.47 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$19.95 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $11 to $126Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $3 to $32
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $36professional $19

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
$22.39
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$39.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$28.84
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.90

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 23rd of 51

$20.89

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.