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Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies

Illinois 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$20.89$14.79 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$24.55 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $20 to $100Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $11 to $34
$10$20$50$100$200facility $37professional $21

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
$14.79
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.09
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$66.07
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$31.62

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 22nd of 51

$25.12

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.