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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Virginia 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 8 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$20.42$16.22 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$26.92 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $19 to $115Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $41
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $29professional $20

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
$20.42
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$18.20
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$26.92
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$56.23
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.22

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $22.91 · 27th 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.