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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$9.12 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$26.92 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $25 to $49Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $6 to $49
$5$10$20$50facility $27professional $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
$28.84
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$26.92

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 13th 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.