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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Missouri 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$18.20$13.18 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$21.88 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $14 to $129Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $35
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $37professional $18

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
$15.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$35.48
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
$11.48
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.17

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 31st of 51

$18.20

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.