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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 8 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$26.92$14.45 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$22.39 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $13 to $79Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $7 to $66
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $43professional $27

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
$6.61
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$70.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$128.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$70.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$57.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$128.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$37.15

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $26.92 · 13th of 51
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.