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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

South Carolina 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$20.89$8.51 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$27.54 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $21 to $83Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $8 to $27
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $21

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
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.92
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.37

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 20th of 51

$21.88

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.