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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Indiana 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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$22.39$7.94 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$26.92 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $25 to $81Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $4 to $25
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $27professional $22

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
$22.39
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$19.95
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$29.51

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 28th of 51

$22.39

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.