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Automated Analysis Of A Chromosome-Based Urine Cancer Test

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 88121

This laboratory service analyzes cells from a urine sample using fluorescent genetic probes that highlight chromosomal changes associated with bladder cancer, with computer-assisted technology helping to score the results. It's used to help detect bladder cancer or monitor for its return after treatment. A pathologist reviews and reports the findings.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Automated Analysis Of A Chromosome-Based Urine Cancer Test cost?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $309 to $550.

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 67 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $224 to $912
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $380

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$831.76

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Minnesota 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.

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MN $891DE $257

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.