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Genetic Microarray Test for Chromosome Abnormalities

Georgia 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 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 7 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$832$575 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$1,072 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,236Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,862
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,413professional $832

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
$776.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,467.37
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$9,120.11
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 27th of 51

$1,072

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.