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Cell Sampling of Embryos for Genetic Testing

Minnesota 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?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 6 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$1,148$977 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$589 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $269 to $4,677Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,349
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $1,148

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
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,677.35
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$1,175

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.