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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Oklahoma 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $269 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$148 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$209 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $200 to $437Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,445
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $269professional $178

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
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$426.58

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 35th of 51

$245

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.