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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Michigan 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$20.42$6.92 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$22.91 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $47Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $4 to $28
$5$10$20$50facility $26professional $20

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
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$38.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$39.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.95
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.94
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$26.92
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$16.22

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 26th of 51

$20.42

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.