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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Florida 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$166 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$263 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,148Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $145 to $316
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $490professional $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
$199.53
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$446.68
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,380.38
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$467.74
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 41st of 51

$224

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.