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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Idaho 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 October 2026.

How much does Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count cost?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $501 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$224 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$324 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $263 to $955Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $158 to $513
$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $269

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$389.05
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Idaho· 17th of 51

$309

AK $589FL $174

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.