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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Rhode Island 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 4 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$6.46$6.46 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$18.62 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $9 to $74Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $20
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $25professional $6

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
$10.23
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$35.48

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Rhode Island $17.38 · 49th of 51
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.