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Chromosome Study With Banding, Limited Cell Count

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$204$145 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$263 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,259Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $105 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $331professional $204

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
$588.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$549.54
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 30th 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.