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Genetic Test Result Interpretation and Report

Louisiana 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?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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 5 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$32.36 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$28.84 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $0 to $89Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $20 to $65
$0.1$1$10$100facility $36professional $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
$36.31
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$44.67
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$46.77

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$38.90

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.