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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Indiana 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $263 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$214$105 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$240 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $214 to $794Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $105 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $263professional $214

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
$398.11
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$79.43

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 42nd of 51

$219

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.