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Growing Blood Cells In The Lab For Chromosome Study

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $138 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$135$105 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$123 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $117 to $339Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $69 to $178
$20$50$100$200$500facility $138professional $135

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
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$177.83
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.20

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 34th 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.