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Genetic Microarray Test for Chromosome Abnormalities

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 81229

This is a genetic laboratory test that scans a person's chromosomes across the genome to detect missing, extra, or rearranged pieces of genetic material, including smaller variations that other genetic tests can miss. It is often used to help find a genetic cause behind developmental delay, intellectual disability, or certain birth differences.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Genetic Microarray Test for Chromosome Abnormalities cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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$977$692 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$1,318 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $2,042Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,445
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,445professional $977

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
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. 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.

Arkansas· 31st of 51

$1,000

AK $2,630VT $309

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.