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Cell Sampling of Embryos for Genetic Testing

Massachusetts 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 7 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$417$295 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$162 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $105 to $813Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,230
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $708professional $417

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
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,754.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,737.80
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$426.58

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 50th of 51

$417

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.