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Genetic Microarray Test for Chromosome Abnormalities

North Carolina 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?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 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$933$933 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$933 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,631Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $933

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
$549.54
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 25th of 51

$1,122

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.