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Genetic Microarray Test for Chromosome Abnormalities

Missouri 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?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$1,122$692 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$1,148 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,884Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,512
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $1,585professional $1,122

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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 9th of 51

$1,349

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.