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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Maine 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 6 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$263$214 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$263 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,660Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $174 to $417
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $427professional $263

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
$263.03
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,174.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 24th of 51

$269

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.