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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 October 2026.

How much does Screening Culture With Growth Estimate cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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$12.30$5.13 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$23.99 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $21 to $81Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $4 to $33
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $27professional $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
$22.39
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$29.51
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$52.48
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$32.36
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
$10.23
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$8.13

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 30th of 51

$18.62

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.