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Extra High Resolution Chromosome Study

Massachusetts 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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 8 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$39.81$34.67 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$48.98 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $33 to $148Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $29 to $105
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $85professional $40

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
$79.43
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$154.88
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$117.49
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$89.13
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$57.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$87.10
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$117.49
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13

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· 7th of 51

$52.48

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.