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Genetic Test Using A Fluorescent DNA Probe

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 88271

This laboratory test uses a fluorescently labeled probe that attaches to a specific piece of genetic material to detect a particular gene change within cells. It is commonly used to help diagnose certain cancers, blood disorders, or genetic conditions.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Genetic Test Using A Fluorescent DNA Probe cost?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 9 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$23.99$21.38 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$37.15 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $21 to $245Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $18 to $65
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $58professional $24

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
$21.38
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$95.50
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$74.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$57.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$53.70
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$562.34
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$74.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$54.95

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Massachusetts· 8th of 51

$34.67

NE $47.86DC $16.22

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.