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Extra Chromosome Sets Analyzed

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does Extra Chromosome Sets Analyzed cost?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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$35.48$28.18 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$47.86 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $30 to $162Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $24 to $95
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $66professional $35

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
$33.11
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$112.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$109.65
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$69.18
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$79.43
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$109.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$87.10

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska 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

$46.77

AK $75.86DC $25.12

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.