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Extra Chromosome Sets Analyzed

Rhode Island 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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 4 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$26.30$23.99 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$40.74 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $39 to $162Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $24 to $45
$20$50$100facility $76professional $26

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
$40.74
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$51.29

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 43rd of 51

$30.20

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.