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Cell Sampling of Embryos for Genetic Testing

California rates for HCPCS 89291

A laboratory specialist uses fine instruments under a microscope to take a small number of cells from developing embryos so they can be tested genetically before transfer. The embryos are handled in a controlled environment and returned to culture. This version applies when a larger group of embryos is sampled in the same cycle.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cell Sampling of Embryos for Genetic Testing cost?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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 9 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$1,000$891 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,023 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $398 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,698
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $1,000

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
$1,412.54
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$501.19
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,025.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where California sits

The same service costs 25.7 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.

California· 6th of 51

$1,122

HI $5,129OK $200

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.