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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Nebraska 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?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $724 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$174 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$355 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $186 to $2,138Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,738
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $724professional $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
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$724.44

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 2nd of 51

$437

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.