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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 July 2026.

How much does Screening Culture With Growth Estimate cost?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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$17.78$16.22 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$23.99 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $16 to $71Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $178
$5$10$20$50$100facility $42professional $18

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
$23.99
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$26.92
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$56.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$26.92

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 22nd of 51

$24.55

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.