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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Pennsylvania 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 9 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$21.88$11.48 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$22.91 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $22 to $81Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $8 to $46
$10$20$50$100facility $41professional $22

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
$22.91
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$45.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$40.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$38.90
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$46.77
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$77.62
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$93.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$67.61
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$32.36

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 25th of 51

$22.91

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.