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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Hawaii 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $295 to $407.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $219 to $316Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $257 to $468
$200$500facility $263professional $355

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
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$316.23
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 11th of 51

$331

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.