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Genetic Microarray Test for Chromosome Abnormalities

Arizona 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 5 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$776$490 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,380 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,129Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $309 to $4,074
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $776

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
$1,380.38
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 40th of 51

$933

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.