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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 October 2026.

How much does Screening Culture With Growth Estimate cost?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.14$6.61 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$8.51 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $8 to $36Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $6 to $37
$5$10$20$50facility $31professional $15

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.76
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$44.67

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 41st of 51

$15.85

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.