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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Maryland 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $191 to $263.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $145 to $302Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $166 to $692
$200$500$1Kfacility $195professional $214

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
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$691.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$380.19
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$200

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.