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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

New Jersey 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 5 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$214$158 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$339 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $263 to $2,399Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $132 to $372
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $501professional $214

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
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$512.86
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$331.13

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 45th of 51

$219

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.