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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Utah 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 Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 6 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$224$224 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$302 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,585Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $158 to $347
$200$500$1Kfacility $617professional $224

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
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,071.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$346.74

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 26th 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.