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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Georgia 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 6 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$245$174 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$224 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $200 to $479Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $105 to $427
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $302professional $245

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
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$588.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$812.83
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$537.03

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 35th of 51

$251

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.