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Extended Culture Of Embryos In The Laboratory

Utah 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 Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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$525$525 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$1,202 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,995Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,514
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,514professional $525

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
$281.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,454.71
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 21st 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.