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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

West 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 October 2026.

How much does Screening Culture With Growth Estimate cost?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.30$6.03 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$26.30 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $22 to $81Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100facility $50professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.44

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 42nd of 51

$15.49

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.