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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Missouri 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$229 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$282 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,230Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,445
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $347

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
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$602.56
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
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$60.26

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 9th of 51

$363

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.