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Genome-Wide Chromosome Scan Of Cancer Cells

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 81277

A laboratory test that scans the whole set of chromosomes in a sample of tumor, blood, or bone-marrow cells for extra or missing pieces of DNA and for regions where one parent's copy has been lost. The pattern of changes found helps characterize the disease.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Genome-Wide Chromosome Scan Of Cancer Cells cost?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 9 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$759 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,148 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $933 to $4,169Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $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
$933.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,168.69
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,715.35
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,981.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,168.69
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$1,737.80

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Pennsylvania· 38th of 51

$977

AK $2,630DE $776

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.