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Extended Culture Of Embryos In The Laboratory

Alaska rates for HCPCS 89272

Keeping embryos growing in the laboratory for several extra days after fertilization, until each has developed into a hollow ball of many cells. Growing them for longer lets the embryologist see which ones are developing well before any is transferred or frozen.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extended Culture Of Embryos In The Laboratory cost?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$501$363 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$525 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $398 to $589Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $138 to $525
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $525professional $501

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
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$85.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in Hawaii than in Oklahoma. 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.

Alaska· 32nd of 51

$525

HI $1,514OK $135

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.