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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 July 2026.

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

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 5 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$200$178 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$347 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,148Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $148 to $380
$200$500$1Kfacility $427professional $200

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
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$323.59

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 47th of 51

$214

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.