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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Oklahoma 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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$11.48$7.41 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$15.14 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $10 to $74Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $20
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $11

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
$19.95
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.85

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 47th of 51

$14.79

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.