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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Oregon 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $288 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$263$224 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$263 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $263 to $661Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $214 to $525
$200$500$1Kfacility $288professional $263

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
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$537.03
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$302.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$524.81

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 25th of 51

$263

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.