go back

Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies

Idaho 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$15.14 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$26.92 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $18 to $78Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $35
$10$20$50facility $35professional $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
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$34.67
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.49
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$34.67
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.12
1 more rate 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 20th of 51

$26.30

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.