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Extra High Resolution Chromosome Study

Alabama rates for HCPCS 88289

A more detailed examination of chromosomes in which the sample is prepared so that each chromosome shows a finer pattern of bands. The extra detail reveals small missing, added or rearranged pieces that a standard chromosome study cannot resolve. It is performed in addition to the main chromosome examination.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extra High Resolution Chromosome Study cost?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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$30.90$22.91 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$39.81 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $31 to $85Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $21 to $41
$20$50$100facility $51professional $31

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
$34.67
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 23rd of 51

$39.81

AK $77.62DC $25.70

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.