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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 October 2026.

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

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 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 $457 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$263$251 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$339 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $158 to $955Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,445
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $457professional $263

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
$173.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$724.44

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 30th of 51

$263

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.