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Procedure price report · Other Laboratory

Chromosome probe study, 10 to 30 cells examined

CPT 88273the billing code this page is about

Microscope study of dividing cells labeled with genetic probes, with 10 to 30 cells scored; billed separately from the probes themselves.

Hospitals typically charge $137 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,535 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $153. Most fall between $58 and $343 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,535
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,535 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$38$74$137$286$463

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($38 vs $463).

How the prices are spread

$33 – $45: 144 hospitals$33$45 – $61: 97 hospitals$61 – $82: 144 hospitals$61$82 – $111: 196 hospitals$111 – $151: 171 hospitals$111$151 – $205: 200 hospitals$205 – $278: 115 hospitals$205$278 – $377: 124 hospitals$377 – $511: 157 hospitals$377$511 – $693: 35 hospitals$511median $137price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,383 of 1,535 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$33$45144
$45$6197
$61$82144
$82$111196
$111$151171
$151$205200
$205$278115
$278$377124
$377$511157
$511$69335

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $137.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $124 across 10 hospitalsME$124Vermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $140 across 37 hospitalsWA$140Idaho: median $169 across 14 hospitalsID$169Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $138 across 39 hospitalsMN$138Illinois: median $255 across 68 hospitalsIL$255Wisconsin: median $245 across 62 hospitalsWI$245Michigan: median $138 across 52 hospitalsMI$138New York: median $76 across 58 hospitalsNY$76Massachusetts: median $127 across 25 hospitalsMA$127Oregon: median $139 across 14 hospitalsOR$139Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $128 across 19 hospitalsIA$128Indiana: median $74 across 57 hospitalsIN$74Ohio: median $110 across 84 hospitalsOH$110Pennsylvania: median $95 across 67 hospitalsPA$95New Jersey: median $38 across 39 hospitalsNJ$38Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $250 across 63 hospitalsCA$250Utah: median $878 across 28 hospitalsUT$878Colorado: median $199 across 38 hospitalsCO$199Nebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $106 across 42 hospitalsMO$106Kentucky: median $221 across 23 hospitalsKY$221West Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $149 across 40 hospitalsVA$149Maryland: median $463 across 29 hospitalsMD$463Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $71 across 26 hospitalsAZ$71New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $156 across 22 hospitalsKS$156Arkansas: median $82 across 14 hospitalsAR$82Tennessee: median $51 across 28 hospitalsTN$51North Carolina: median $202 across 61 hospitalsNC$202South Carolina: median $152 across 29 hospitalsSC$152Oklahoma: median $82 across 36 hospitalsOK$82Louisiana: median $81 across 21 hospitalsLA$81Mississippi: median $81 across 21 hospitalsMS$81Alabama: median $133 across 23 hospitalsAL$133Georgia: median $165 across 55 hospitalsGA$165Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $102 across 134 hospitalsTX$102Florida: median $89 across 67 hospitalsFL$89
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $137. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT28$878+542%$723 – $1,033
Maryland MD29$463+238%$312 – $548
Illinois IL68$255+86%$77 – $400
California CA63$250+82%$56 – $392
Wisconsin WI62$245+79%$175 – $316
Kentucky KY23$221+61%$74 – $1,490
North Carolina NC61$202+48%$54 – $388
Colorado CO38$199+45%$175 – $502
Idaho ID14$169+23%$96 – $273
Georgia GA55$165+21%$120 – $452
Kansas KS22$156+14%$81 – $374
South Carolina SC29$152+11%$108 – $195
Virginia VA40$149+9%$50 – $332
Washington WA37$140+2%$64 – $209
Oregon OR14$139+2%$139 – $226
Minnesota MN39$138+1%$85 – $193
Michigan MI52$138+1%$38 – $377
Alabama AL23$133−3%$48 – $175
Iowa IA19$128−7%$98 – $128
Massachusetts MA25$127−7%$59 – $354
Maine ME10$124−9%$62 – $168
Ohio OH84$110−20%$70 – $292
Missouri MO42$106−23%$80 – $308
Texas TX134$102−25%$35 – $373
Pennsylvania PA67$95−31%$35 – $472
Florida FL67$89−35%$55 – $344
Arkansas AR14$82−40%$39 – $114
Oklahoma OK36$82−40%$62 – $161
Louisiana LA21$81−41%$50 – $162
Mississippi MS21$81−41%$49 – $122
New York NY58$76−44%$35 – $155
Indiana IN57$74−46%$46 – $175
Arizona AZ26$71−48%$41 – $508
Tennessee TN28$51−63%$26 – $136
New Jersey NJ39$38−72%$35 – $131
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $137.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,234$138$54 – $360
Children’s47$176$80 – $403
Critical access250$122$79 – $253
Ownership
For-profit192$175$62 – $508
Government187$142$74 – $307
Non-profit1,152$128$55 – $324
System affiliation
Part of a system1,348$138$57 – $358
Independent187$134$67 – $263

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$240
Median cash price$137
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,147 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $138 and the average of the middle 60% is $155; most fall between $67 and $316.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,147 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$40$81$138$255$426

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($40 vs $426).

Of the 1,271 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,147 gave a usable cash price; 76 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 48 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,535 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (39%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,683 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,535
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here93
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded54
Hospitals that filed this code1,683

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other Laboratory family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC Fish 10-30 Metaphases.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Chromosome probe study, 10 to 30 cells examined (CPT 88273) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-88273-chromosome-probe-study-10-to-30-cells-examined