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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Colorado 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $646 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$200$178 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$355 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,259Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $145 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $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
$165.96
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$416.87
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$489.78

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 8th of 51

$355

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.