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Cell Sampling of Embryos for Genetic Testing

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 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 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$832 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$316 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $155 to $10,471Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,514
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $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
$1,174.90
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 5th 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.