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Laboratory Culture of Embryos With Helper Cells

Nevada rates for HCPCS 89251

Growing eggs and early embryos in the laboratory in the days after they are collected and fertilized, using a supporting layer of cells alongside the culture fluid to help them develop. Embryologists keep them in a controlled incubator and check their progress before one is chosen for transfer or freezing. It covers the laboratory growing work only, not the egg collection or the transfer.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Laboratory Culture of Embryos With Helper Cells cost?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $186 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,000$676 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$44.67 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $36 to $4,266Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,820
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $186professional $1,000

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 43.7 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Nevada· 30th of 51

$851

AK $4,677AL $107

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.