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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 July 2026.

How much does Screening Culture With Growth Estimate cost?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 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 $46.77 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$20.89$20.89 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$21.38 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $19 to $91Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $47professional $21

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
$19.05
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.92

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$21.88

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.