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Embryo Biopsy for Genetic Testing

South Carolina 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $209 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$513 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$170 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $126 to $398Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $513 to $851
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $209professional $537

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$513

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.