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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Nevada 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $437 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$204$151 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$224 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,995Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $105 to $513
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $437professional $204

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
$204.17
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$389.05
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$407.38
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 44th of 51

$224

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.