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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 October 2026.

How much does Screening Culture With Growth Estimate cost?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$23.44$9.12 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$20.42 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $18 to $78Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $6 to $68
$10$100$1Kfacility $31professional $23

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
$6.61
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$25.70
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$79.43
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$104.71
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$93.33
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$79.43
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$56.23
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.71
3 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
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 16th of 51

$25.70

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.