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Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies

Alabama rates for HCPCS 88130

A microscope examination of cells that looks for a small dense body pressed against the edge of the nucleus, which appears when one X chromosome has been switched off. Whether it is present, and how often, gives information about a person's chromosomal sex. Direct chromosome and genetic testing have largely taken its place.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies cost?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$12.30 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$13.80 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $14 to $15Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $21
$10$20$50facility $14professional $18

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.91

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Texas than in New Jersey. 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.

Alabama· 50th of 51

$14.13

TX $135NJ $13.18

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.