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Genetic Test Result Interpretation and Report

Alabama rates for HCPCS 88291

This covers a specialist's review and written report interpreting the results of a chromosome or genetic laboratory study. Rather than performing the lab test itself, it reflects the professional analysis that turns raw laboratory findings into a clinical report a doctor can use. It's typically billed alongside the underlying genetic or chromosome test.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Genetic Test Result Interpretation and Report cost?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$24.55$20.42 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$34.67 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $28 to $87Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $20 to $35
$20$50$100facility $60professional $25

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
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.02

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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· 35th of 51

$30.90

AK $107KY $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.