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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Minnesota 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 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 $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$26.92$21.88 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$25.70 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $26 to $112Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $11 to $49
$10$20$50$100$200facility $27professional $27

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
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$199.53
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$52.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$63.10
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.46

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 11th of 51

$26.92

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.