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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Screening Culture With Growth Estimate cost?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.88$16.98 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$19.50 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $13 to $89Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $9 to $33
$10$20$50$100facility $24professional $22

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.05
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

North Carolina· 37th of 51

$21.88

ND $40.74CT $10.72

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.