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Growing Solid Tumor Cells for Chromosome Study

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 88239

Cells taken from a solid tumor are grown in the laboratory until enough of them are actively dividing for their chromosomes to be examined. This is the preparation step; the chromosome analysis itself is performed and reported afterwards.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Growing Solid Tumor Cells for Chromosome Study cost?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 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$148$138 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$138 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,072Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $117 to $240
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $269professional $148

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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$398.11

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Montana than in Nebraska. 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· 22nd of 51

$148

MT $234NE $97.72

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.