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Extra Chromosome Sets Analyzed

Georgia rates for HCPCS 88280

An additional step within a chromosome study, in which further complete sets of a person's chromosomes are photographed, arranged and examined. Looking at more than one set improves the chance of spotting a change that is present in only some cells or that is hard to see in a single set. It is billed in addition to the main chromosome study.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extra Chromosome Sets Analyzed cost?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$33.11$14.13 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$33.11 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $26 to $115Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $11 to $72
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $33

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
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$131.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$93.33
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$89.13
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.46

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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.

Georgia· 29th of 51

$34.67

KS $132NJ $23.44

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.