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Screening Culture With Growth Estimate

Wyoming 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$33.88$33.88 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$26.92 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $27 to $55Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $11 to $87
$10$20$50facility $34professional $34

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
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.95

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 3rd of 51

$33.88

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.