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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Nebraska 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$16.22$16.22 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$23.44 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $16 to $79Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30
$5$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $16

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
$17.78
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$66.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$24.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$48.98
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$25.70

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 35th of 51

$17.38

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.