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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

New Jersey 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$12.02$7.76 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$16.60 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $17 to $195Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $30
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $35professional $12

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
$16.60
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$33.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.85
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.05

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 42nd of 51

$20.42

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.