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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 July 2026.

How much does Screening Culture With Growth Estimate cost?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 4 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$20.89$12.30 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$22.39 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $22 to $41Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $21

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
$22.39
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$22.91
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.22

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 33rd of 51

$21.88

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.