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Growing Blood Cells In The Lab For Chromosome Study

Minnesota 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 July 2026.

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

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $269 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$110 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$135 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $110 to $851Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $93 to $245
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $269professional $117

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
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$239.88
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$316.23

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in North Dakota than in Vermont. 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.

Minnesota· 26th of 51

$117

ND $195VT $60.26

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.