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Genetic Microarray Test for Chromosome Abnormalities

South 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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 5 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$912$912 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,122 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $912 to $3,715Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $912

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
$912.01
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$933

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.