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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

South Dakota 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 6 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$25.70$18.20 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$30.90 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $26 to $52Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $11 to $66
$10$20$50$100facility $52professional $26

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
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$26.92
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$30.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 6th of 51

$30.90

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.