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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 July 2026.

How much does Screening Culture With Growth Estimate cost?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 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. 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 9 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$24.55$11.48 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$26.92 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $22 to $115Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $10 to $40
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $25

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
$19.95
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$177.83
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$74.13
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$53.70
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$83.18
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$72.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$26.92
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$48.98

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 10th of 51

$26.92

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.