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Genetic Microarray Test for Chromosome Abnormalities

Minnesota 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?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$1,148$1,047 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$1,148 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $933 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $1,148

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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 22nd of 51

$1,148

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.