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Assisted Hatching Of An Embryo

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 89253

A laboratory step during IVF in which the embryologist makes a small opening in the tough outer shell surrounding an embryo. The aim is to make it easier for the embryo to break free of that shell and settle into the lining of the womb after it is transferred.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Assisted Hatching Of An Embryo cost?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 6 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$224$200 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$158 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $158 to $282Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $148 to $759
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $224professional $224

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
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$588.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42,657.95
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$42,657.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Hawaii. 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.

Kentucky· 44th of 51

$224

WI $501HI $138

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.