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Genetic Microarray Test for Chromosome Abnormalities

Florida 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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 8 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$813$339 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$871 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $490 to $3,548Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,148
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $813

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
$489.78
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,548.82
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 48th of 51

$813

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.