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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Alaska rates for HCPCS 88261

Grows cells from a blood or tissue sample, arrests them while their chromosomes are visible, and photographs and arranges the chromosomes so their number and structure can be checked. A stain is used that gives each chromosome a striped pattern, letting missing, extra, or rearranged pieces be spotted. This is the most limited version, examining only a small number of cells.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count cost?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $724 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$589$263 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$263 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,905Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $170 to $891
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $724professional $589

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$851.14
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$912.01

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$589

AK $589DE $178

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.