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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

New Mexico 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 New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $398 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$257$200 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$245 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,585Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,738
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $398professional $257

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$398.11

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 17th 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.