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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 October 2026.

How much does Screening Culture With Growth Estimate cost?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.14$7.41 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$26.30 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $12 to $132Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$10$20$50$100$200facility $60professional $15

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
$6.61
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$33.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.85
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$218.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.78

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 36th of 51

$16.60

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.