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Growing Blood Cells In The Lab For Chromosome Study

Arizona rates for HCPCS 88230

Laboratory work that grows white blood cells from a blood sample so there are enough actively dividing cells to examine the chromosomes. It is the preparation step for chromosome testing of a condition that is not a cancer, such as an inherited or developmental disorder.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Growing Blood Cells In The Lab For Chromosome Study cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $251 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$115$77.62 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$135 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $83 to $501Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $69 to $955
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $251professional $115

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.05

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Arizona· 33rd of 51

$138

AK $389AL $61.66

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.