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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Connecticut 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $417 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$257$162 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$263 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $263 to $741Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $132 to $631
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $417professional $257

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
$263.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$537.03
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$724.44

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 19th of 51

$288

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.