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Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies

Arizona 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 Arizona, 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 $38.90 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$12.02 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$19.50 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $12 to $78Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $135
$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $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
$13.80
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$31.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$26.92
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
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.95

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 32nd 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.