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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 July 2026.

How much does Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count cost?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $363 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$209 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$263 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $240 to $851Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $105 to $724
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $363professional $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
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 15th of 51

$302

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.