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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Ohio 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $372 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 8 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$138 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$263 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,047Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $105 to $490
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $372professional $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
$213.80
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$346.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$524.81
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 34th of 51

$251

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.