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Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies

Colorado 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$14.13 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$33.88 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $14 to $83Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $40
$10$20$50$100facility $52professional $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
$18.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$33.88
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$35.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$70.79
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$38.90
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
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$5.13

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 5th of 51

$37.15

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.