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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 July 2026.

How much does Screening Culture With Growth Estimate cost?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$16.22$11.48 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$20.42 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $18 to $38Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $5 to $20
$5$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $16

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
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$31.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.22

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 23rd of 51

$23.99

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.