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Cell Sampling of Embryos for Genetic Testing

Washington 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 8 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$1,175$977 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$457 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,175Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $977 to $1,585
$200$500$1Kfacility $589professional $1,175

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
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 7th of 51

$1,000

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.