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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Illinois 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$204$100 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$355 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,349Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $3 to $372
$10$100$1Kfacility $468professional $204

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
$218.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$588.84
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52
4 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$47.86

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 47th of 51

$204

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.