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Embryo Biopsy for Genetic Testing

Iowa 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 October 2026.

How much does Embryo Biopsy for Genetic Testing cost?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,514$1,047 to $1,622
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$372 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $263 to $2,754Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $871 to $1,862
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $1,514

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
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,862.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 50.1 times more in Hawaii than in Montana. 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.

Iowa· 2nd of 51

$1,514

HI $3,981MT $79.43

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.