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Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies

Arkansas 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$17.78 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$20.42 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $18 to $28Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $28
$10$20$50facility $20professional $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
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$28.18
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 31st of 51

$20.42

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.