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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Massachusetts 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$288$234 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$339 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $214 to $977Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $170 to $759
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $288

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
$263.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$794.33
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$870.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$549.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$870.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 7th of 51

$363

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.