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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Arizona 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 October 2026.

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

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $575 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$158 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$263 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,148Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,445
$200$500$1Kfacility $575professional $178

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$316.23

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Arizona· 33rd of 51

$251

AK $589FL $174

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.