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Genetic Microarray Test for Chromosome Abnormalities

South Dakota 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?

$1,047

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 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 7 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$380 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$2,239 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $5,370Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $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
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$5,754.40
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 29th of 51

$1,047

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.