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Cell Sampling of Embryos for Genetic Testing

Louisiana 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $316 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 4 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$977$851 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$155 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $76 to $977Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $813 to $977
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $316professional $977

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
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$851

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.