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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Minnesota 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$257 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$263 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,950Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $214 to $398
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,949.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$616.60

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 28th of 51

$263

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.