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Growing Blood Cells In The Lab For Chromosome Study

Maryland 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $115.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $79 to $174
$100$200professional $93

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$338.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$229.09
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
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
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.62

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$93.33

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.