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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Iowa 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 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 8 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$263$229 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$263 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $204 to $759Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,738
$200$500$1Kfacility $417professional $263

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
$204.17
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$645.65
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 29th of 51

$263

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.