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Embryo Biopsy for Genetic Testing

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 89290

A laboratory step in fertility treatment in which an embryologist, working under a microscope with fine instruments, removes a small sample from a developing embryo or the tiny polar body cast off by an egg. The sample is sent for genetic testing so that the embryos most likely to lead to a healthy pregnancy can be identified. The embryos themselves continue to be cultured while the results come back.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Embryo Biopsy for Genetic Testing cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $479 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$479$479 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$479 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $331 to $891Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $479 to $676
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $479professional $479

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,348.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 18.6 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.

Washington, DC· 50th of 51

$479

HI $3,890OK $209

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.