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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

New Hampshire 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 5 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$10.72 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$46.77 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $32 to $155Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $7 to $51
$10$20$50$100facility $52professional $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
$31.62
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$31.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$77.62
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$41.69

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 4th of 51

$31.62

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.