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Genetic Test Result Interpretation and Report

Iowa 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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$32.36$27.54 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$31.62 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $24 to $158Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $22 to $224
$20$50$100$200facility $55professional $32

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
$23.99
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$87.10
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$331.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$93.33
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$95.50
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 32nd of 51

$32.36

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.