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Genetic Microarray Test for Chromosome Abnormalities

Michigan 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?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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 6 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$1,096$562 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$1,096 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,188Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,349
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,380professional $1,096

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,621.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 26th of 51

$1,096

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.