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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Kentucky 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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$10.00$7.24 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$21.88 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $17 to $50Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $27
$5$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $10

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$26.92
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
$4.90
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.37

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$10.72

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.