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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 10 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$158 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$324 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,259Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $138 to $479
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $468professional $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
$223.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$660.69
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$426.58
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$588.84
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$776.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 43rd 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.