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Genetic Microarray Test for Chromosome Abnormalities

Tennessee 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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$871 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$1,096 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,012Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,884
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,584.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 30th of 51

$1,000

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.