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Growing Blood Cells In The Lab For Chromosome Study

Missouri 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 Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 7 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$112$89.13 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$186 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $102 to $309Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $66 to $479
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $309professional $112

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
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$257.04

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 23rd 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.