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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Tennessee 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$240$158 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$263 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $200 to $741Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,995
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $537professional $240

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
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$407.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 29th of 51

$263

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.