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Growing Blood Cells In The Lab For Chromosome Study

Georgia 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$77.62 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$117 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $87 to $407Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $52 to $316
$50$100$200$500facility $158professional $178

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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$363.08
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$467.74
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
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$22.39

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 21st of 51

$162

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.