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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Washington 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$24.55$11.48 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$26.92 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $22 to $72Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $10 to $29
$5$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $25

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
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$26.30
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$74.13
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$37.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$44.67
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$74.13
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.92
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$48.98
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
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.25

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 17th of 51

$25.12

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.